Do you love the color pink? Is it your favorite color? Then you are most likely loving, nurturing and compassionate!
The color Pink conjures up images of cotton candy, bubble gum, and little girls! This combination of red and white is a popular color for branding women’s products such as cosmetics or cologne. Furthermore, today pink is a power color for women. Does anyone remember pink cadillacs that Mary Kay cosmetics awards to their top performers? This tradition continues today, although the shades of pink change periodically
Pink is a happy color. Have you ever been tickled pink? Light pink hues are considered romantic, tender, sweet and innocent. HOT PINKS change the perception to exciting, wild, sensual and playful!
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“Pink isn’t just a color, it’s an attitude”
Miley Cyrus
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Finally here are fascinating facts about the color pink:
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Being ‘in the pink’ means in good health. However, this phrase originated in English Fox hunting traditions. A rider was not granted the right to wear the red colored jacket (called pinks) until he demonstrated superior horsemanship.
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Getting a Pink Slip means being terminated from a job. The phrase originates in vaudeville. When the Booking Office issued a cancellation notice to an act, the notice was on a pink slip.
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The pink ribbon is an internationally recognized symbol of hope and awareness in the fight against breast cancer.
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In Japan, the color pink has a masculine association. The annual spring blooming of the pink-blossomed cherry trees (the Sakura) is said to represent the young Japanese warriors who fell in battle in the prime of life (the Samurai).
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Pink Collars once referred to jobs only held by women. Thank goodness times have changed!!!
I love all colour, Alene, but pink was not at the top until the little Goddesses came around – they all adore it. However, rose quartz has always been a favourite of mine. I didn’t know about the association between pink and Japanese warriors – so interesting.
Thanks Tami. Yes I am positive that the goddesses would adore pink
This fun and informative writing tickles me pink! Color is so interesting. I have colors that come in and out of my life. Pink showed up several years ago and it was the first time I started wearing it since I was a child. I love the color! Your jewelry is so beautiful and authentic!
Thanks Candess. I love the deeper shades of pink so much..pastels don’t agree with my complexion but I do love the pink gems
I definitely do not have a pink attitude. I have never liked the color pink, even as a little girl.; however, I love reds. That said, I do own a pink coral ring and necklace and Rarities pink tourmaline.
thanks Rachel. I am not a pale pink person either.. but I do love hot pink! I am glad we all have our favorites.. and they are not ALL the same!
Beautiful and fun post, Akene. Your rhodochrosite earrings are beautiful and one of my favorits shades of pink – nit the cotton candy super-sweet variety so popular among little girls today, but rather a shade of ‘ballet pink,’ i.e., with a bit of apricot and tawniness in it. Lovely.
thanks Reba. I love your description. Ballet Pink. Very easy to visualize.
My mother is a ‘pink’ lover. I love the deeper rose tones myself and have incorporated them into my branding along with turquoise. I don’t believe I had heard of ‘pink collar’ jobs before. It sounds like a derogatory term to me, so happy I hadn’t heard of it when I began my working career. I also love rose quartz and rhodochrosite and have both jewelry and stones around my home. At my front entrance I have a large and a smaller rose quartz to welcome guests…with love!
I love the idea of the rose quartz crystal to welcome your guests! and I had not heard of Pink Collar jobs either. We’ve come a long way Baby!
I have a love / hate relationship with pink in regards to clothing. Have very little of it now it now, however I do have a ‘to die for pinkish colored pumps that I like to wear with an all black outfit. Gives a little ‘something – something’ to the look. I chose pink as one of the colors in my branding but avoid a little girlish look and add black or grey to give it some edge. Now my heart shape rose quartz is always near me and I could always dance to the song Pink Cadillac by Bruce Sprinsteen.
thanks Teresa. Yes I agree that pink can be the perfect accent color. Black blazer with a pink and black scarf is something I have worn in the past. (not much call for blazers now that I live in Arizona now!
I go back and forth on pink. It may have to do with how long I’ve had to recuperate from little girls pink chandeliers. I’m still getting over the mauve and blue of the 80’s interiors. I think it has to do with what is with the pink. Your pink earrings are gorgeous and your story about the cherry blossoms is enlightening. Thank you!
thanks Cathy. I remember the Mauve and blue phase very well! I actually liked it then but now it makes me nauseous. Deeper pinks can be beautiful as an accent color though
I’ve always been a lover of soft pink. It appears every year somewhere in my wardrobe. There’s something calming and spiritual about it. Surprisingly, it was until this year that I bought my first set of glass fused pink earrings. Now because of you, I’ll be paying more attention to the pink gemstones.
thank you Joyce. I am pleased to meet a pale pink lover. I had not considered it calming but of course you are right. I am feeling calmer already just thinking about it!
You may find it hard to believe, but pink isn’t my signature color (to rework Shelby’s quote from Steel Magnolias). It’s actually green. But I do find it to be a cheerful color, one that hints at hope and possibilities. One that can be brash and fun, or soft and delicate. It definitely has personality.
Yes Jennifer, Pink does have personality! I tend towards the blues and purples myself but do appreciate hot pink!
The only thing that comes to my mind when I think about the color pink is the awareness in the fight against breast cancer. I didn’t know that it has an association with masculinity in Japan
thanks Apolline. That little known fact was news to me too!