





A fun fact: pink is one of the oldest colors found in the geological record dating back rocks found in 1.1 billion-year-old rocks found underneath the sands of the Sahara. Pink has been used as pigments for art, fabrics, pottery, etc throughout time without much regard to gender until the 20th century.
Hot pink as a pigment is actually a relatively new phenomenon, though. The Italian fashion designer, Schiaparelli, introduced it in his 1937 line of designs touting a bold, vivid pink as a new mainstream color.