Is the reason colors were genderized psychological or it was just a reasonless nutty idea of society?

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Cause colors are genderized, for example red and blue are supposedly dude colors and pink and purple are girl colors, but if you think of it a lot of women do like pink and purple, a lot of guys do like red and blue, is it possible it's psychological because let's not forget colors don't really exist, it's just how our eyes read the lights reflection and we see colors, since we have favoritism to colors then that only shows our brains are wired to like some colors more than others which wouldn't that mean that maybe it's psychological that a majority of both genders like these specific colors? Or did some sexist nut just wake up one day and started being ignorant like "tHaT cOlOr lOoKs GiRlY" then people agreed and were like let's make that a girl color and this red looks like blood, gladiators bled, dudes were gladiators GUY COLOR ! lol.

Smashingdoozy · Accepted Answer

100% societal. It wasn't until the 20th century that sex specific colours were introduced. Up until then children (girls and boys) were mostly dressed in white dresses up until they age of 6, they were easy to clean and easy to change diapers. In the like mid 19th century pastel colours for baby clothing became a thing but any colours were worn no matter the gender. When stores started suggesting "sex appropriate" colours for Childrens clothing it was actually blue for girls and pink for boys as blue was considered a soft dainty colour and pink was considered a strong colour.

Baby boomers were the first to be dressed in the gendered colours we know today, pink for girls blue for boys. They were dressed as mini adults rather than children though. But that trend took a dip in the 60s/70s thanks to the women's liberation movement, people felt that dressing their children in "girly" clothing would limit the girls opportunities so they went for more neutral colours and fashions.

By the 80s the gender oriented fashion came back in full force and has never really gone away since. Though thankfully we are slowly moving away from things being for a specific gender and caring less as they're simply just clothes, items, colours etc.

valentina4eva · Accepted Answer

well my all time fav colours are pink and purpleee💖💜 so pls stop calling me out like that sir!!😂😂😅

but i’m sure it’s 100% just societal, we are taught growing up that pink and purple are girly and cute and so we learn to like them, for the girls that like the stereotypical colours obv🤔 i know plenty of girls don’t actually like pink tho so, it’s just an average effect🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

pink really is #1 tho😋💕

Mikeysoda · Accepted Answer

It comes down to societal tradition at the time, which could support your point of being psychological.

Originally, pink was designated for boys, as it was thought to be the stronger color. In Christian tradition, red was associated as male, and its ‘little’ sibling pink was used for boys. Blue was associated with the Virgin Mary and therefore considered soft and feminine.

After WWI, when blue was used for men's uniforms it became associated as more of a masculine color. From the 1940's onward, pink was pushed as a woman's color. "Think Pink" was the marketing slogan to convince women to embrace their femininity. Dressing girls in pink reinforced this role by conditioning with a set of rules that started with little girls, made of 'sugar and spice and everything nice.'

There are theories that the Nazis are responsible for the 'switch'. Theories that parents wanted their little boys to wear blue to resemble Daddy's sailor uniform.

Theories that pink for girls became so popular because of marketing.

OtterMan68 · Accepted Answer

in the early 20th century, pink was not a girl's color. Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby wore a pink suit the first time he met Daisy, for example.

bobalife · Answer

Great questions today, it’s definitely due to society with gender roles - blue is for boys and pink is for girls lol. But these days some people try to be gender neutral with neutral color themes such as yellow, green, and such lol. I actually grew up liking blue & black, but eventually blackpink.

laly520 · Answer

it all started back in 1918 when an article with title “Pink or Blue,” its been published in the trade journal The Infants' Department

in that article they stated pink is a color that goes well with girls n is feminine color meanwhile blue is a more boyish color n is for boys

PrettyCrumblBb · Answer

Not sure.

I remember reading about blue being feminine and pink being masculine in the past.

Tbh I don't care what people think. I think pink, especially pastel pink, is a beautiful, delicate, feminine color.

I think adults could wear whatever color.

I know that babies and kids are dressed in assigned colors so people won't confuse them for the opposite gender. Besides they look so cute in their little outfits.

IslaTheWitch · Answer

I passionately hate pink... purple is neutral. I love green and like blue a lot... aren't color preferences more personal than gender preferences? I will need to do some research lol

sirderpsalot123 · Answer

There's probably no real reason. A lot of women like pink and purple because they believe they're supposed to. Same for men with red and blue.  I don't really know anything tho, I'm just guessing lol

LiamJHayden · Answer

For pink, I think its "softness" was subconsciously attached to femininity. Red and blue seem to be "stronger" and thus attached to masculinity. For purple I think the lighter shades are also seen as soft.

flautistnaturist · Answer

Vagina is pink. Orange is the color of fruit. Green is the color of salad. Some things have more biological basis like cyan being the color of poorly oxygen saturated white people skin and red the opposite in us, and as in blushing from embarrasment. Hair color in different regions of the different bodies' types has its effect too, as can skin color. The blue sky, etc. . .

euniestars · Answer

bro like do people really care what colors represent a gender

NathanDavis · Answer

it was all marketing mass production... some companies decided pink was for girls and blue for boys, I think they even switched it at some point but it didn't catch on... lol

slatyb · Answer

That's a new thing since the 20th century.

dustybiker2 · Answer

If you like a color, enjoy it.

Miah04 · Answer

I doubt there is a reason

Is the reason colors were genderized psychological or it was just a reasonless nutty idea of society?

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