Why is pink a 'girl' color?

[Toonami Tom]

The color pink is a nice color. Why is it considered a 'girl' color? Why does this color have a gender? I don't see why any color can be male or female. I'm mind boggled by this. If society wouldn't think it looked girly for a guy to wear pink, I would wear pink.

[GK Punk]

I wear pink anyway. It's someone elses problem if they dont like it.

[愛]

Pink is my "funny" color. For example, I'd get a pink phone or a pink DS just to be funny. *shrugs*

I guess I'm just weird.

[GK Punk]

I think that's why I started wearing pink. 'cause it pisses redneck/macho types off.

[cowabunga14]

All I can say is: Tough guys wear pink. :)

[Kid Icarus]

I had my hair neon, 80's spandex, pink for a while (this color: http://www.amphigory.com/se_atomic_pink.html).

It was fun. Living in Nebraska I got a lot of "what the hells" and such. Great times.

[GK Punk]

I dyed my hair pink alot while I was in Texas, Some people gave me weird looks others seemed to think it was the coolest thing on earth.

[jeff the cheff]

All colors are assosiated with something...blue with boys, red with anger, etc...

[GK Punk]

Blue was originally the girls color, and purple was girls. Im not sure why it changed though.

[jeff the cheff]

Blue was originally the girls color, and purple was girls. Im not sure why it changed though.

Really, like how long ago?

[ThirdMarioBro]

I think that's why I started wearing pink. 'cause it pisses redneck/macho types off.

Exactly. Hence the pink jacket I occationally wear to the mall. :D :D

and my pink DS stylus. I wish there was a pink DS Lite.

[Peanut]

I wear pink all the time. F*ck what other people think. Who the hell are they to me and why should I care?

[XERO]

I once wore a pink bandana to piss off Raph...:P

Nah, seriously. I prefer not to wear pink because I feel I'd look weird. As for it being a girl's color, ask yourself this:

If it doesn't matter if you're black or white, why should it matter if you wear pink or purple?

Erase the color line. :)

[KROW]

Three words: Bret f**king Hart. 8)

[ThirdMarioBro]

I wear pink all the time. F*ck what other people think. Who the hell are they to me and why should I care?

halalluah 'brotha! Spread the good word. Pepto Bismo for the win.

[Barkworm]

At least in Germany pink is a very fashionable colour right now, everyone wears it, especially the cool population.

Oh and for the heck of it:

Pink it´s my new obsession
Pink it´s not even a question
Pink on the lips of your lover, ´cause
Pink is the love you discover
Pink as the bing on your cherry
Pink ´cause you are so very
Pink it´s the color of passion
`Cause today it just goes with the fashion
Pink it was love at first sight, yea
Pink when I turn out the light, and
Pink gets me high as a kite
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight
You could be my flamingo
´Coz pink is the new kinda lingo
Pink like a deco umbrella
It´s kink - but you don´t ever tell her
Pink it was love at first sight
Pink when I turn out the light
Pink gets me high as a kite
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight
I want to be your lover
I wanna wrap you in rubber
As pink as the sheets that we lay on
Pink is my favorite crayon, yeah
Pink it was love at first sight
Pink when I turn out the light
Pink it´s like red but not quite
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight

:P

[Mars-Chan]

Pink!?

*SHUDDER*


You wouldn't catch me dead in that.....Now, GREEN is a horse of a diffrent color all together..... :P

[Raph's Girl]

From the Wikipedia:

The color of pink, is now associated with womanhood, just like blue is associated with boys and manhood, although in 1918 "Infant's Department" (an industry publication) said the reverse was the "generally accepted rule", describing pink as "more decided and stronger" while blue was "more delicate and dainty"". Pink continued to be used for both boys' and girls' clothing through the early 1960s, though associated more and more with femininity.

The color pink also has an association with female genitalia. Used as a slang term to refer to female genitalia.

[Toonami Tom]

Huh? With female gen..... That would be like the color brown with an association with crap. I know your just reporting your finds though.

[Spitfire]

I only wear black so any color but that on me is out of place. But I know people who wear pink. My girlfriend doesn't like pink that much so it shows ya right there it isn't really a girls color either.

[Barkworm]

I can't stand the colour, regardless of gender.

[Spitfire]

But it's in your sig:lol:

[Barkworm]

Peach doesn't count!

[Spitfire]

How about Luigi then?
http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/8709/luigirapesness8do.jpg

[Mecha Cow]

More emancipation threads please.

[Dr. Doom]

What the HELL is he doing to Ness?!

[Sewer Bull]

The only pink thing I sometimes wear is one of my towels.

[Spitfire]

Oh my I just noticed that myself. It's the best shot of pink Luigi I could find on my computer >_<

[Dr. Doom]

Pervert! -=Slap=-

[iris]

Bold shades of pink were actually the hot fashion color for men last year, especially as an accent color.

It became almost cool for men to wear pink when guys started going to therapy and 'embracing their feminine sides' in the 80s-90s. Men who wore pink were 'liberated' and 'self-actualizing' and all that good stuff.

When I was little, most of my dress clothes were pink, even though I was a tomboy who ran around in my brothers' hand-me-down Chewbacca t-shirts. :lol:

[Ryona]

Oh my I just noticed that myself. It's the best shot of pink Luigi I could find on my computer >_<


*giggles hystaricly* :lol:


Anyway...
I myself find it stupid that pink has a "gender". It's a color. It's not like it has a vagina.

[Brodie]

Bull **** to the previous comment. Pink crayons ALWAYS have a vagina.

[Peanut]

Does that mean pink crayons get really b*tchy and whine about everything once a month?

[Dr. Doom]

Brodie makes my e-peen hard.

[Ra]

Pink + Girls = Stereotypical girls.

However...

Pink + Emos = End of Life as we know it.

All in all, I say that we should put the color pink down a black hole so then we don't have to look at it ever again :) Some shades of pink are alright, but when they are too pale, they are not that nice :dead:

[TigerClaw]

Pink is an interesting color, Cause its a mixture of Red and White together, If you ever used paint, When mixing those two colors together, They make a pink color.

[XERO]

I like pink Kool-Aid. 8)

[cowabunga14]

Well, I like pink lemonade. :)

[KROW]

Pink is an interesting color, Cause its a mixture of Red and White together, If you ever used paint, When mixing those two colors together, They make a pink color.
Okay, I hereby humbly request you change your username to Captain Obvious. :P

[XERO]

Better yet, change it to Captain Pink.

[Jester]

Make it Pink....
Make it Blue...
ahh...good old fashion family sexism...:p

[zkarlette]

Yep ... a lot of girls wear blue and nobody feels weird about it how come...I mean they shouldnt feel weird.... but I don't understand how a simple color as pink could cause so much controversy :ohwell:

[Dinny]

Bull **** to the previous comment. Pink crayons ALWAYS have a vagina.

Does that mean that blue crayons have penises? Oh... oh I need to go pray...

[kata]

Hmmms...

I love the color pink, light pink is also the color that looks best with my coloring. I don't consider myself to be a stereotypical female. Growing up I was quite a tomboy actually and chose martial arts training over things like ballet.

[Kid Icarus]

This thread has inspired me... pics comming soonish.

[R-iZZy]

From the Wikipedia:

The color pink also has an association with female genitalia. Used as a slang term to refer to female genitalia.
^ Yeah, that was pretty much how I was told to put pink with feminity. Yes, I was brought up by some pretty immoral people.

[GK Punk]

Actually, the um girly parts are refered to as pink more because they are pink.

[R-iZZy]

I think that's where the pink comes in with feminity: because females carry pink and males kinda don't. :ohwell: Not saying I believe this is truth... just, the only reasoning I can come up with, now.

Not that there's anything wrong with pink. I remembered a rapper wearing pink mink fur coats and pink suits, and miraculously, there were gangs running around in pink shirts. The thought of being robbed by gangs in pink is sort of out-there, though.

..... I'm just going to be quiet, now.

*backs away slowly*

[jeff the cheff]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/jeffthecheff/135-3583_IMG.jpg

My line up of shoes a couple years ago.

[KROW]

Actually, the um girly parts are refered to as pink more because they are pink.

I think that's where the pink comes in with feminity: because females carry pink and males kinda don't. :ohwell: Not saying I believe this is truth... just, the only reasoning I can come up with, now.
With this being said, I think the "boy color" should be purple and not blue.

Why? Well... I'll just say "heads up" and let everyone figure it out.

[Space Lieutenant Josh]

With this being said, I think the "boy color" should be purple and not blue.

Why? Well... I'll just say "heads up" and let everyone figure it out.

I dunno, I've carried blue before, and it's not pleasant. :cry: :cry:

[KROW]

I dunno, I've carried blue before, and it's not pleasant. :cry: :cry:
Haha. Exactly. Blue kinda hurts, but purple is natural and painless.

[GK Punk]

Then it's official. Purple is now the official color for boys.

[peanuts_girlfriend]

Im jealous of the pink stylus :( Canada is so stupid. We didnt even get the pink DS.

Pink is only associated with girls but in this day and age its not wierd to see a guy wearing pink. We see guys wearing make up dont we? so why not pink.

[R-iZZy]

LMAO@KROW & Josh. Wow... just.....

I can't deny, I'd rather the purple than the blue. Purple isn't the international gay color anymore, is it? Purple's my kind of color, LYK RLY! :thumbsup:

[Lord Raffles]

The color pink is a nice color. Why is it considered a 'girl' color? Why does this color have a gender? I don't see why any color can be male or female. I'm mind boggled by this. If society wouldn't think it looked girly for a guy to wear pink, I would wear pink.




Oh get a life...

[iris]

Oh get a life...
I always find it amusing when someone takes a moment out of his (or her) life to ridicule someone else for wasting time. There's kind of an ironic beauty in it, don't you think?

[KROW]

I always find it amusing when someone takes a moment out of his (or her) life to ridicule someone else for wasting time. There's kind of an ironic beauty in it, don't you think?
Heh. That's an internet forum for ya': Filled with wonderous imagination -- or... lack thereof. :lol:

[GK Punk]

I don't even understand why he said "Get a life".