Perfectly Pink Holiday

The celebration color that keeps on trending

by Barbara Schmidt, studiobstyle.com

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Why do we love the color pink so much? It means new – it means healing – it means light-hearted – love – young life. It’s one of the colors of hope. We have loved this color repeatedly for several years. It’s one of our most liked and most pinned colors ever.

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What this color represents to me is also a break from the black and white color scheme that is so safe and popular. Pink accents aren’t just for baby girls – if pastel pink is mixed with sand tones the hue is softened to be warm enough for many color pallets.

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When was pink popular in the past? During the eighties, there was Fuchsia, and it was again the accent to an entire black and white scheme in our décor and fashion. I remember it as sort of rebellion to the rocker chick leather and lace theme. Silky bright pink poet blouses with giant big bows were worn under corporate suits.

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And before that there were bright pink daisy stickers everywhere in the sixties. Pink and yellow daisies popping up on records, wall covering, and cotton shift dresses. Pink was turned into one of the psychedelic colors along with purple and lime green.

Even before that there was a brown and pink theme going on in the 50’s. Pastel pink poodles and brown stripes appeared on skirts, toaster cozies, and tea towels.

My grandmother had these super plush towels in solid pink and solid brown. She kept those towels in her new pink tiled bathroom. I inherited those beautiful towels – some that had never been used - and moved them from place to place because they were of such good quality.

Everything cycles around again, and again, but I have to say in my lifetime I haven’t seen the color pink take over the holidays like we have in the past few years. For some, like our family this year, the holidays will be emotional.

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Feelings surrounding family losses, remembrances, and hope can all be represented by the color pink. Soft, sandy pink is a sentimentally beautiful color – a perfect blush for the holidays.

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