# Was pink originally the color for boys and blue for girls?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 22, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-pink-originally-the-color-for-boys-and-blue-for-girls/478321 "2008-12-22T16:34:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![eorionus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@eorionus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eorionus)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-pink-originally-the-color-for-boys-and-blue-for-girls/478321/1 "2008-12-22T16:34:48Z")

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Blue = blue jeans?  
Boys usually wore pants and blue jeans were common around the turn of the 20th century so could this be why blue was for boys?

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**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-pink-originally-the-color-for-boys-and-blue-for-girls/478321/2 "2008-12-22T21:27:07Z")

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In the 60’s blue bicycles were for girls and red ones were for boys, pretty much the only colors available in the boonies where I was then. My husband just confirmed this for me too. He grew up same state different county. (Michigan)

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-pink-originally-the-color-for-boys-and-blue-for-girls/478321/3 "2008-12-22T22:15:52Z")

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[Link to column in question](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2831/was-pink-originally-the-color-for-boys-and-blue-for-girls)