6/24/2023 0 Comments Pink mood board![]() In 1970s America pink incurred something of a feminist backlash with rising dissent against the colour’s implied femininity, due to a series of experiments that appeared to prove that men held within a pink room would become sapped of strength in other words, pink made them weak. ![]() Pink has also done time as a political provocateur. In China, the colour wasn’t even recognised until they had contact with the western culture, and to date the Chinese word for pink translates as ‘foreign colour’.Īn aesthetic pastel pink mood board inspiration Image: Michelle Ogundehin ![]() In Korea it represents trust in India, hospitality and in Japan masculinity as the annual blooming of the pink-blossomed cherry trees is said to represent young Samurai warriors fallen in the prime of life. In psychological terms too, the meaning of pink is widely contested around the world. It was only in the 1950s that the appropriateness of these colours became determined by sex, and even then, probably only as a canny marketing ploy to shift more product. Added to which, the Virgin Mary was always depicted clothed in blue. A century ago, European baby girls would actually have been swaddled in blue, and boys in pink, as pink was understood to be a diminutive of red - deemed aggressive, thus manly and masculine. But that's the thing about this hue, it has always been something of a contradiction, which makes its many characteristics so fascinating, if not complex.Īnd as for being a shade with a historically defined gender bias, let's get that out of the way first. Why then, is it so divisive? For some, this opening gambit will have struck home eliciting a sigh of gentle appreciation for others, it might well have induced instant irritation. Pink, such a pretty colour, is said to be indicative of femininity, love, compassion and tenderness, as well as being symbolic of hope.
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