Color Me Pink: Biology and Bedroom Paint

Pink bedrooms? Don’t ask me! I’m all about snips and snails, and puppy dog’s tails. British neuroscientists now claim the natural tendencies toward using the color pink has less to do with 19th Century nursery rhymes than biology. Time Magazine fashion maven Coco Masters reports that women are “biologically programmed” to favor the redder side of the spectrum.

Headlines seem to echo this suspicion:

Victoria’s Secret Stages Sorority-Style Keg Party
pink a boo

The fashion underthings empire threw a “Phi Beta Pink Sorority House” party on wall-to-wall pink carpet for 250 fashion editors and members of the New York feminista cognoscenti.  Ten kegs of beer and pink beer bongs were festooned with Pink’s signature dog.  Read all about color and biology in Time.

Imagine World Pink

think pink

This little ditty with Thai accents shows that you can be as pink as you want to be.

Don’t Leave Home Without Pink

southwest pink

Don’t worry, women. You can stay wrapped in your heart’s own true pink while vacationing in Tucson’s Iron Horse House at the center of the Historical District. Pink skies at night, a dreamer’s delight. Pink morning leg, back away from the Victoria’s Secret keg.

Dormitorio Rojillo

spanish pink

Casa de la Justa is situated on the rim of Pinos El Valle, overlooking Granada’s Beznar Dam and Lake. You’ll want to reserve the The Pink Suite with its panoramic terrace. Read all about it at Spanish Holiday Cottages.

XX Marks the Spot

pink trance

Bloggers at Home Quotient report that, “the pink shade can change the entire look of your house. The very shade on your walls makes your room look wonderful.”  I suppose that depends on whether you have two X chromosomes.

Mal de Débarquement

trance 2

Home Quotient adds,”The shade no longer remains the color of girls but brings a positive influence to your décor.”  If I ever get sent to rehab to cultivate a positive influence, please, please dear God, please don’t let it look like this.

4 Responses to “Color Me Pink: Biology and Bedroom Paint”

  1. Randy says:

    I live with a couple and the female (and the male sometimes) are obsessed with pink. If something on her wardrobe isn’t pink, something is wrong. Thankfully they haven’t redone the entire house in pink….yet.

  2. Believe me, I’m a fan of pink in every way, but these rooms look like Pepto Bismol. Yuck!

  3. WopLogic says:

    QUICK! Hand me the Pepto-Bismal!

  4. kamlesh says:

    Nice

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