Pretty in pink?

Do girls really love the colour pink that much? Apparently so. According to research both girls and adult women are strongly attracted to the colour. The marketing departments of many stores really capitalise on this and that includes Sony who have recently released the pink PS2 (click on pic above to enlarge) and the pink PSP. I think both of them look vile. They belong in a Parisan massage parlour from 1906.

However, the research clearly shows that pink is seen as feminine by most people. Veronika Koller from Lancaster University conducted some detailed investigations into the whole subject of colour and how it is used and perceived by the public. She found that 76.3% of respondants (to her questionnaire) strongly associated pink with femininity. She goes into exhaustive detail about the whole subject, but fails to answer one critical question: We know lasses like pink, but why do men choose really crap colours like beige, taupe and battleship grey then? She doesn't say.

Personally, I don't think you can beat maroon.