The 19th century[edit]
In 19th century England, pink ribbons or decorations were often worn by small boys; boys were simply considered small men, and while men in England wore red uniforms, boys wore pink. In fact the clothing for children in the 19th century was almost always white, since, before the invention of chemical dyes, clothing of any color would quickly fade when washed in boiling water. Queen Victoria was painted in 1850 with her seventh child and third son, Prince Arthur, who wore white and pink.
Queen Victoria in 1850 or 1851 with her third son and seventh child, Prince Arthur. In the 19th century, baby boys often wore white and pink. Pink was seen as a masculine color, while girls often wore white and blue.
Young boy in pink, American school of painting (about 1840). Both girls and boys wore pink in the 19th century.
The Impressionist painter Claude Monet used pink, blue and green to capture the effects of light and shadows on a white dress in Springtime.(1872).