Exclusively for Saturated Space, Alexandra Lange explores the evolution of American children's colour-space in the 20th Century.
"Recent research on the history of children and color shows that the gender binary (blue is for boys, pink is for girls) is...
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Exclusively for Saturated Space, Alexandra Lange explores the evolution of American children's colour-space in the 20th Century.
"Recent research on the history of children and color shows that the gender binary (blue is for boys, pink is for girls) is of postwar vintage. Color has been an indicator, in the pint-sized realm, of so many other things. Age, separating the wardrobe of white-dressed infants from the breeched in colored rompers or knickers. Interests, manifested in wallpapers with transportation scenes or Western stampedes. Program, with bright colors in the playroom and soothing hues in the bedroom. Complexion, red for brunettes and blue for blondes. This essay explores a few of those choices, which overlap and interweave rather than advancing toward a color-coded future."
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