Pink for a Girl & Blue for a Boy.

[anotheoldgit]

Does anyone know when and why did the colours Blue for a Boy and Pink for a Girl, become fashionable, and why does the female of the species still hold onto Pink into the adult age, and yet the male does not hold onto Blue?

[B00]

found this.....

http://www.trivia-library.com/a/why-is-the-col or-blue-used-for-boys-and-pink-for-girls.htm

Maybe boys don't hold onto the traditional powder blue that we come to expect as the colour associated with baby boys because it represents exactly that......babies, and is not considered manly??

[B00]

Confusingly though I also found this....

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?i d=238733

So it seems it's not very clear???

Sorry I wasn't much help.

[anotheoldgit]

Thanks for your research on this subjet BOO. I am rather long in the tooth BOO, but I can never remember a time when the colours were reversed.