Your Favorite Color is: Blue!

A few months ago we asked you, the readers, to let us know what your favorite color to wear was. The results were overwhelming.

1. Blue (48%, 20 Votes)
2. Pink (19%, 8 Votes)
3. Green (17%, 7 Votes)
4. Red (12%, 5 Votes)
5. White (5%, 2 Votes)
6. Orange (-1%, 0 Votes)

There were more votes cast for blue than the next four colors combined. To me this leads to a few interesting observations:

Blue is Not Only for Boys

Did you know that it wasn’t until the mid 1900’s that pink was considered the color for infant baby girls? Pink was considered to be a weaker red, which is the color of power. Blue was considered to be a cool, background color.

It wasn’t until the mid 1900’s that the pink in convertibles and lipstick got the country to switch identifying colors with infants.

And our poll tends to reinforce that, showing that a majority of you ladies like the color blue!

It Is One Cool Color

When I was designing interfaces for different computer applications, blue was a very popular color to use in the background. It isn’t as stark as black, but it does fade into the background and let the other colors have the focus.

Blue rarely takes the front stage, and it compliments well.

It Highlights the Eyes

The last thing that comes to mind is how blue highlights those that have blue eyes. To me, nothing makes eyes pop like having a blue shirt or blouse that compliments the eyes.

And I should know, having a beautiful, blue-eyed wife.

So, ladies, you have good taste with the color blue!