Boys Blue

I've been doing a lot of pink electronics research on lately, and as I was reading on a pink gadget after another, I started thinking about the color pink and what it means to people. Why do girls wear pink and boys in blue? When did you start? Why girls and women are like pink? So I put my electronic research rosy suspended temporarily and started looking at the color pink instead. And I must say that I found a lot of interesting data.

The idea of "pink for girls and blue for boys" was a common practice in the U.S. until the 20th century. In 1800, all babies were dressed in white robes, stretching his legs below (which just seems like a practical garment, but apparently tracking was not encouraged at the time). In early 1900, the color became popular and people who choose to dress their children in conventional colors is recommended for girls blue dress and boys in pink. Blue was considered delicate and exquisite pink and strong and masculine. In one of its editions of 1927, Time magazine wrote "" In Belgium, Princess Astrid gave birth two weeks ago to a 7 lbs. daughter. The crib. . . had been optimistic equipped in pink, the color for boys than for a girl in blue. "It was not until 1950 we started to do the opposite, and these days, few people who decorate their room in pink toddler. It helps you identify the sex of a baby, I can not say that (clothing), babies are boys or girls, but if the child in question wears a pink dress, can be pretty sure is not a child.

Regardless of how they dressed the children, it seems that girls around the world have always liked the color pink. Why is that? The research done on gender preference of colors, suggest that it is in our genes. Two neuroscientists at the University of Newcastle, in England, Dr. Anya Hulbert and Dr Ling Yazhu called to 208 volunteers (mostly British but including 37 Chinese men and women to determine whether was a cultural difference) to choose the color of your choice from a variety of colors on a computer screen. The colors are divided in two: red-green and blue-yellow. Presented with the basic colors, all volunteers, select the color blue (long to be the favorite color of most people), but when they were tested in mixed colors, women in both groups (English and Chinese) showed a marked preference for the colors on the red side of the spectrum (ie, roses and violets). The results were so consistent that the researchers concluded that usually can identify the sex of a person of color preferences.

Based on this study, does not seem to be a genetic reason why women like pink. One line of thought is that this form evolved again when still living in caves and women were collectors of berries and fruits and had to be able to recognize what was ripe. Another suggestion is that women need to know if a family member was sick, and a red (or dark pink face) suggests that the person had a fever.

Of course, more research needs to be done, and Dr. Hulbert has plans to modify the study for research on infants, who have not yet been subject to cultural use of color. She claims that "otherwise independent nature" versus nurture "when it comes to favorite colors will test the preferences of children." It will be interesting to hear what they find.

DeeDee Dobson provides information about pink laptops and the color pink.

Where does the idea of pink for girls and blue for the children come?

The baby girls are usually dressed in pink and boys blue. Why?

cause thats how babys roll. its kind of like the Bloods and Crips

Boys Blue

Boys Blue