Yeah pink was man’s colour because it is the colour of just cooked steak.
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Dasus@lemmy.world 3 months agoBlue used to be for girls as it was seen as more “dainty,” while pink used to be associated with boys as it was seen as the stronger color. It didn’t change until the 1950s when some big advertising campaigns pushed pink as a feminine color exclusively for girls.
PixellatedDave@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Dasus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I… I don’t think that’s the reason why.
Pink isn’t sort of actually a colour. Well, it is, but there’s no wavelength of light that corresponds to pink. We perceive pink when we see a certain combination of wavelengths together (red and purple.)
Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Red was the manly color, it was seen as regal. So light red (pink) was the color of the boys. Blue was the color of the virgin Mary and light blue used for femal children.
Dasus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Purple is usually what’s considered regal.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple
Basic reds, not so much.
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 3 months ago
can’t you just mix blue and red to make purple though?