Why is pink a 'girl' color?

~~Toonami Tom~~ · 06-01-2006, 09:55 PM

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** · 06-01-2006, 09:58 PM

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

愛 · 06-01-2006, 10:02 PM

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** · 06-01-2006, 10:03 PM

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

*cowabunga14* · 06-01-2006, 10:04 PM

All I can say is: Tough guys wear pink.

*Kid Icarus* · 06-01-2006, 10:06 PM

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** · 06-01-2006, 10:19 PM

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* · 06-01-2006, 11:19 PM

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

**GK Punk** · 06-01-2006, 11:21 PM

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

*jeff the cheff* · 06-01-2006, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kittie february6

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

Really, like how long ago?

**ThirdMarioBro** · 06-01-2006, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kittie february6

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.

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

Peanut · 06-01-2006, 11:35 PM

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* · 06-01-2006, 11:41 PM

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

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* · 06-01-2006, 11:59 PM

Three words: Bret f**king Hart.

**ThirdMarioBro** · 06-01-2006, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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?

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

**Barkworm** · 06-02-2006, 01:43 AM

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

*Mars-Chan* · 06-02-2006, 12:37 PM

Pink!?

*SHUDDER*

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

*Raph's Girl* · 06-02-2006, 01:02 PM

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~~ · 06-02-2006, 01:08 PM

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* · 06-02-2006, 01:59 PM

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.

06-01-2006, 09:55 PM	#1
~~Toonami Tom~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: USA Posts: 4,939	Why is pink a 'girl' color? 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.

06-01-2006, 10:04 PM	#5
cowabunga14 Lover of Weird Things Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CA Posts: 4,014	All I can say is: Tough guys wear pink. __________________ How can something so beautiful shine on something so dreadful?

06-01-2006, 11:41 PM	#13
XERO Hybrid Theorist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alamo City Posts: 8,185	I once wore a pink bandana to piss off Raph... 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. __________________ "Travel at the speed of light... then hit the nitro!"

06-01-2006, 11:59 PM	#14
KROW Meat-n-Potatoes Man Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: State's Anus, NY Posts: 6,472	Three words: Bret fking Hart. __________________ - Optimus Acid Trip - Cult of a Half-Shell - Raiden's Bitter Tongue - I don't try to be funny; I fail at it naturally.**

06-02-2006, 01:43 AM	#16
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,757	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 __________________ Make ****, not kill!

06-01-2006, 09:58 PM	#2
GK Punk I'm your Devil Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,439	I wear pink anyway. It's someone elses problem if they dont like it.

06-01-2006, 10:02 PM	#3
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	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.

06-01-2006, 10:03 PM	#4
GK Punk I'm your Devil Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,439	I think that's why I started wearing pink. 'cause it pisses redneck/macho types off.

06-01-2006, 10:06 PM	#6
Kid Icarus Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Angel Land Posts: 4,150	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.

06-01-2006, 10:19 PM	#7
GK Punk I'm your Devil Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,439	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.

06-01-2006, 11:19 PM	#8
jeff the cheff Mad Scientist Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 122 and an eighth Posts: 2,129	All colors are assosiated with something...blue with boys, red with anger, etc...

06-01-2006, 11:21 PM	#9
GK Punk I'm your Devil Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,439	Blue was originally the girls color, and purple was girls. Im not sure why it changed though.

06-01-2006, 11:35 PM	#12
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	I wear pink all the time. F*ck what other people think. Who the hell are they to me and why should I care?

06-02-2006, 12:37 PM	#17
Mars-Chan I'LL BE THE HERO!!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Practicing Alchemy in Risembool Posts: 6,297	Pink!? SHUDDER You wouldn't catch me dead in that.....Now, GREEN is a horse of a diffrent color all together..... __________________ clings to award THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!! cries in joy RED DAAAAAAAAAAAAWWN!!!! PROUD Member of the Risembool Rangers! (icon made by bakergirl69 on glitter-graphics)

06-02-2006, 01:02 PM	#18
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	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. __________________

06-02-2006, 01:08 PM	#19
~~Toonami Tom~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: USA Posts: 4,939	Huh? With female gen..... That would be like the color brown with an association with crap. I know your just reporting your finds though.

06-02-2006, 01:59 PM	#20
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	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. __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/