color gender

when you were a kid, did  you ever line up your crayons according to gender?





you know.... pink, yellow, red are for girls. green and blue are for boys. *

ok, well this isn't about that.

but this does explain why, when you are next chatting with your significant male other, and mention your favorite aubergine dress....

he asks you if you mean the dress that is blue.

or maybe purple.

the genius folks at data pointed, have broken down, by gender by what name we call each color:

click on the pretty image above, and see for yourself.

thanks, data pointed.

*which gender is purple!?