Pink Duvet Cover

The Color Pink can also be reffered as pale Red. In the beginning of the 17 th century the color pink was first noted, it was when flowers and plants where in shade of pink that it was noticed. The color is a mix of red and white and other so called tints may be with orange and magents, mainly occuring when describing flowers.

The latin word Roseus means 'rosy' or simply 'pink' and used for describing dawn in the poem On Nature of Things by Lucretius. So Pink was first mentioned in the 16-17th century and could also describe other types of colors like greenish and yellowish in the book A Book of Dawing, Limning, Washing by Thomas Jenner written in 1652. In this book he catergorize the color Pink & blew bice when mention the shade of green. Another man named William Salomon mention in his book: 'Salomon's Polygraphice' written in 1673 the 'pink-yellow'. It's the chief pigment of yellow and a mix of saffron and red that made him connect pink with yellow.

The Color Pink in the western culture and a little about it's history..

In the 1920's the color Pink was a individual practice for separating the genders. Boys then and until the 1940's was usually dressed in pink since that was considered a masculine color making red the more decided color. The now more popular 'boy' color blue was more appropiate for girls since it was considered delicate and dainty and related to virgin Mary.

So in the 1940' the liking changed and it was after that more popular dressing girls in pink. The pink color has gained it's popularity but is still much more popular using for dressing 'babies' and 'young' girls with rather than wearing when 'fully grown'. The color is considered to be a bit stereotype and feminist initiative often uses pink as a front color. It's also the color for breast cancer mainly because it's associated with femininity.

Pink as a color and how it fits the human culture..

You might say that your 'seeing pink elephants' and with that it means that your in a state of euphemism and perhaps hallucinating as well. This can be caused by delirium tremens and Walt Disney used this 'dreamy' state in the movie Dumbo when describing the visions of a drunk.

It's not just hallucinations, 'A Pink Lady' is a beverage consisting of Gin and Grenadine Syrup and well, it's pink. Another drink is the Pink Gin that is a coktail made by gin and bitters, so it seems like serving a pink drink gets you in a dreamy state.

Pink in the Art world is not unusual as well, the color has been referred to as 'bubble gum' pink by Bigert & Bergstrom when making a installation with that name, forcing viewers to go deep into the colors mental climate. The color is said to have a calming effect on prisoners and used on mirrors in some American prisons. 

Whether it's calming or not, the color pink is growing in popularity and in a creamy 'seashell' tone it's wonderful compliment in the bedroom. A lot of guys wouldn't agree but sneak in a pillow or two and convince him that a 'fond-wall' made in pink (just one wall as a contrast) is meeting half ways..The color that makes us women feel like princesses..

A link to an article inspired by pink, hot cake fashion

info from wikipedia