pink

In western culture, pink was the color originally associated with males.

The tradition of assigning colors to each gender began back in the 1920s. At this time, pink was deemed more appropriate for boys due to its close associations with red. Blue was assigned to girls since it was more “delicate and dainty” and had close ties to imagery of the Virgin Mary.

This practice continued until the 1940s, when the gender colors were reversed and became the stereotypes that we are still familiar with today.