Complaints: Pink

Pink.

Word association time: what does pink make you think of? Gumdrops. Frosting. Flowers. Little girls. Frills. Princess. (Hey, there's royal purple, but no royal pink.) Feminine. Valentine's Day. It's subjugation time! Little boys do not wear pink without people wondering about their later choices in life, and most men equally avoid the color in clothing. Men don't like pink; they like women wearing pink (or any other color). There's a pink aisle in toy stores filled with dollies and dress-up clothing, which, frankly, scares me.

What a silly word. It's not stately or dignified: it's fluffy and frivolous. There's no substance behind pink, no threat of damage nor promise of carry-through. The word even sounds like it possesses the strength of a cooked noodle and the vitality of laboratory fruit fly.

It's not even a real color. I mean, it's not part of the rainbow (there's no pink in ROY G BIV). Really, it's technically "light red," white added to crimson pigments. People will try to fool you by giving it an alias, like magenta or carnation or bubblegum or salmon or raspberry (who wants to eat raspberries that color?!). Don't be fooled. Some languages don't have a single word for pink, while Russian has a further distinction of "light blue" from regular blue.

Don't get me wrong, pink can do good, like gay pride and breast cancer awareness.

I hate pink.

P.S. This website of color names is fascinating!