Starting at a young age, children are often dressed in and surrounded by what is seen as appropriate colors based on their gender-blue for boys and pink for girls. Disregard for this standard may cause preconceived judgement and a distorted idea of one’s character. Not many parents stop to understand why these colors have been assigned to their respective genders, and simply go along with the cultural norm. But I believe many would be surprised to find that that in 1918, it was the exact opposite. In many cultures around the world, it remains opposite, or completely different colors altogether. So why and when did we decide what colors would represent girls and boys? In 1918, a magazine titled Earnshaw’s Infants Department published an article
