General Knowledge » Pink http://www.generalknowledge.eu All answers to questions you wouldn't ask yourself ! Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:56:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Why is pink for girls? http://www.generalknowledge.eu/nature/why-is-pink-for-girls http://www.generalknowledge.eu/nature/why-is-pink-for-girls#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:17:44 +0000 Natasha Latysheva http://www.generalknowledge.eu/?p=34 It’s fairly commRoseon to see pink versions of devices marketed specifically towards women, with all of the other models presumably reserved for the men. In particular, I’m thinking of the pink Smartphones and GPSs. If you’re anything like me, then you can get a bit tired of seeing the pink candy catalogs that are only for girls.. But thankfully, men also have the right to pink. The prevalent female attraction to pink has not only been proved, but it also seemingly has an explanation. Two researchers at the University of Newcastle gave a simple test to 208 English and Chinese volunteers. The test subjects were presented with two cards of differing colors and asked to choose between them. The results of this test revelead a global female preference for the color pink (more precisely, for variants of the warm colors red and pink).

The researchers asked themselves why this might be so and according to them, this preference is an evolutionary vestige. In tribal times, women were usually entrusted with picking out and collecting berries; that is, red and ripe berries against the generally green tint of the bushes that propped up the succulent fruit. This theory would suffice in explaining the results of the study.

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