A friend of mine would like to know.

Who decided that the colour pink=> girl,
and blue=> boy? What is the history behind it?

[This message was edited by mozart56 on 03-15-04 at 11:41 PM.]

Here's what I found, Mozart:

Long ago, many people believed that evil spirits hung around the nursery, but that these spirits were repelled by certain colours. The most potent colour was blue, associated with the heavenly sky.

Blue was believed to frighten away demons and rob them of their power. So blue on a baby was not only adornment, but also seen as a very necessary precaution.

Now this was a long time ago, when girls were considered inferior, so boys got the really
potent blue colour—it didn't matter what colour girls got. The assumption is that later generations chose pink for girls to symbolize that new rosy all-over-pink look.
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Don't know how valid this is --certainly don't like the part about the girls being considered inferior -- but unfortunately that part was true.

That's very interesting Kelleygirl. I hadn't heard that.

Good question, Mozart.