Is all about the pink
A bit of history
As much as we would like to think at pink as a girlish colour, not many people know that pink was originally chosen for boys. The generally accepted rule in the 19th century was pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl. Take the baby photo of US presdident Franklin Roosevelt for example, who was dressed in a pink dress.
After World War I, when soldiers’ uniforms were made in blue, it became associated with a masculine colour. After the 1940s, pink became more of a feminine colour. Marketing groups that pushed the post-war consumer boom and the creation of the middle class in the 1950s later perpetuated the idea. Barbie, introduced in 1951, solidified the feminisation of the colour pink.
The word "pink" did not always refer to a colour, it originally simply meant "little", like your pinkie.
The current meaning was first used in the 1600s to describe the flowers of Dianthus plant.
In the pink
A combination of red and white, pink contains the need for action of red, helping it to achieve the potential for success, and the insight offered by white. It is the passion and power of red softened with the purity, openness and completeness of white. The deeper the pink, the more passion and energy it exhibits.
Bright pinks stimulate energy and can increase the blood pressure, respiration, heartbeat, and pulse rate. They also encourage action and confidence.
Rowdy prisoners and combative patients? Pink is the palliative color, commonly used to splash the walls in prisons and mental health care facilities to assist in subduing those who are out-of-control. So pink definitely has a useful place and a purpose, other than decorating a prom dress or Barbie’s dream house.
Pink cells have reduced anger in as little as 15 minutes.
Pink tastes good
According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most associated with sweet foods and beverages. It is believed that pastries taste better in pink boxes and plates.
Pink is also one of the few colours to be strongly associated with a particular aroma, that of roses. Many strawberry and raspberry-flavoured foods are coloured pink and light red as well, sometimes to distinguish them from cherry-flavoured foods that are more commonly coloured dark red.
It is the most given colour for sending flowers to someone.
Go Cartland
The author Dame Barbara Cartland, after a visit to Tutankhamen’s tomb, liked the pink walls she saw there and vowed to wear only pink for the rest of her life. Her last project was to be filmed and interviewed for her life story (directed by Steven Glen for Blue Melon Films). The documentary, Virgins and Heroes, includes unique early home cine footage and Dame Barbara launching her website with pink computers in early 2000.
For those who are willing to try this bold style or simply choose to complement their home with a piece of decor, we dare them to go wild with a pink piano, go innovative with an octopus chandelier, or why not, go practical with a pink blind.
Roze
It's not all peaches and cream
The American expression 'pink slip' is used to describe the termination notices issued by employers to employees..... which sometimes make the employees see red. In these times of layoffs, the job place is awash in pink.
Pink, being a 'watered-down' red, is sometimes used in a derogatory way to describe a person with mild communist or socialist beliefs.
All in all, pink is in everything we touch, taste, smell, and feel. It evokes emotion without asking for prior thought. It can be the focus of our careers, the way we live, the choices we make, and the fun we have.