Gendered Colours Handout; Why is it pink for girls and blue for boys?

Why is the colour

yellow seen as gender neutral?

- Sexism in colours started in the 19th century when Patal colours started to become
popularized in babies.
- Pink and blue stereotypes were started because of how they complimented hair and eye colour
- Blue was to go with blue eyes and/or blonde hair
- Pink was to go with brown eyes and/or brown hair
- Blue was originally assigned to girls because of how it was seen as a dainty colour therefore
because pink is seen as a stronger colour therefore would be assigned to the girls.
- Pink was assigned to the girls because of how it was closer to the colour red that was found to
be a more romantic colour
- As a result, in the 1960s after World War II rebellious parents tried to break the blue/pink
stereotype with more ambiguous colours
- Yellow was seen as a gender-neutral colour because of a parent (s) not wanting to know the
gender of their baby before the baby is born as yellow is a bright, happy, and vibrant colour
and it was not linked to the blue/pink stereotype.

How is this linked to Variations?

Based on my research and looking at the 3rd scene of the play and the
research I gathered about the colour yellow and why it is seen as
gender neutral and in the 3rd scene the character ‘Pablo’ is
questioning being non- binary so maybe looking at having a yellow
piece of clothing to symbolise gender-neutrality within the character