Have you ever wondered why bubblegum is pink? Why #2 pencils are yellow? Why blue jeans are blue? It is often the story that many brands of the same product end up the same color because new brands want to be recognized as much as the first popular version. But someone somewhere had to decide what color that original version was. And there's a story behind each of those decisions. That's just commercials products. Some universal objects have logical reasons for their color. When it works in one place, it works everywhere. Let's learn some of those stories behind universal colors from Weird History.
Monday, July 17, 2023
How Things Got The Colors They Are Known For
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I heard some guy on the radio claim that since iron oxide (rust) is such a basic chemical, likely to be universally easy to find and 'cheap', that if we find any alien civilizations, their barns are likely to be red too.
While the outside of tennis balls is yellow, the inside is pink. At least the balls you can buy that are supposedly the basis of tennis balls are called "Pinky Balls" and are pink. These pinky balls were popular to use in sports in urban areas because it was easy to catch without a glove and did not travel far when hit with a stick.
As for the pink for girls and blue for boys: I heard that folks that blue would ward off evil spirits, so they would dress their baby boys in blue. Since they were not as concerned about their daughters, pink became the usual color for their clothes.
Rust is only easy and cheap if there is oxygen, so if they don't have red barns pass on that planet.
Pinky balls are 2.5 inches in diameter and tennis balls are 2.575 to 2.7 inches so there is room to add the fuzzy Grello cover.
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