PINK FOR BOYS and BLUE FOR GIRLS: The Unexpected Gossip About Color Symbolism
What if I told you that PINK was the color for BOYS,
and BLUE, instead, was the color for GIRLS???
Yes…
I swear it’s true, listen to this:
The cloaks of the Ancient Romans, the cool and powerful ones, were red, deep red, because RED is the color of MEN. Real men, full of determination, warriors, brimming with love and passion, the strength of blood, dominated by Mars, the Red God of War.
Children are little men, so they are a slightly more timid red, just like
pink.
Pink is the symbol of the shy beginning of a new man.
It’s the start of revolution, passion, and war.
INSTEAD,
The color of Mary’s cloak, the mother of all mothers, the most womanly of all women, is a bright and sparkling BLUE.
BLUE is the color of WOMEN, the color of peace and wisdom, calmness and infinity.
Girls are little women, so they are a timid blue, just like light blue.
Light blue is the beginning of a new woman, the start of a new source of wisdom, a gentle calmness, a serene and silent soul ready to care for and love the whole world.
And you know when everything changed? Do you know when the world made a switch? RECENTLY! Around 100-150 years ago, with the era of industrialization and the rise of consumerism.
Yes…
Because in ancient times, dyes were extremely rare and expensive, affordable only by Scrooge McDuck, Julius Caesar, and the Church. Then, with industrialization, dyeing fabrics gradually became cheaper, and colorful clothes entered the wardrobes of many more people. And there, an incredibly important thing was realized: about 8% of men are colorblind.
DARN!
Colorblind individuals don’t see the color red. Red, black, or brown… colorblind people see them all the same.
A certain percentage of men didn’t buy red clothes because they didn’t care, as they couldn’t see any difference from other colors. And so… the power of consumerism made a worldwide ideological switch.
Suddenly, RED became the quintessential WOMAN’s color, like lipstick and high heels, while PINK became the icon for little girls.
Simultaneously, BLUE became the quintessential MAN’s color, like Brad Pitt’s deep eyes or the cloak of every Disney Prince or the Four Musketeers. Therefore, light blue became the stronghold of boys.
In this way, everyone could spend money, no one excluded.
Absurd? You say? Indeed, it’s disarming, but it’s inclusive, and certain cards on the table began to mix… Practically, a handful of years later, feminism was born, women started creating a revolution, and men also began to love their children and wanted to take them to play soccer.
It took just 8% of the population to ignite a different light, and suddenly everything changed.
Sometimes in life, it happens, on an ordinary day while doing the same thing you always do, you hear a phrase on the radio that you’ve never heard before, and a new light bulb illuminates the old room.
With love, but always irreverent
