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Judy Young | 21:04 Tue 09th Apr 2002 | History
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Where and why did the custom of dressing baby girls in pink and baby boys in blue arise?
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Pinks Im not sure of. Blue for boys is reputed to come from the purple edging of the Roman boys toga.
In searching (unsuccessfully!) for an answer, I came across this on a trivia site:- "Before the First World War boys were often dressed in Pink, and girls in Blue. Pink was thought to be a stronger, more decided colour, and Blue was thought of as delicate and dainty. No one seems to know why the switch to the current gender distinction of 'Blue for a boy, and Pink for a girl' took place."

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