Nice personal research; good insights.

Yeah, they did focus mainly on gender being the main reason. I guess we could turn this into a “nurture vs. nature” thing if we wanted. Some girls might be born enjoying pink, because they grew up around pink and were kind of expected to like pink. Whereas men might like blue, because that was the color associated with their gender.

Then again, if that were true, personality would also depict color preference. Take for example, a girl who was expected to like pink, but then one day might be told that pink was the “stereotype color,” this might trigger a reaction because of a belief the girl in question has: that stereotypes are bad. This would then turn into a morality topic. Take me, for example. I liked red when I was younger, then learned that pink was a “girly” color. So I decided to choose a “masculine” color (green) as my favorite, because I did not want to follow the stereotype.

But in truth, I don’t have a favorite color. I like any color that looks rich and deep, like an emerald green, a rich chocolatey brown, and even a dark scarlet-like red. This is just my take on colors, however, and I understand that some enjoy more chalky colors like light blue, yellow, or pink.

You’ll have to take that up with the researchers. 😉

I’m not sure whether any studies have been done looking at the other demographic variables you mentioned. In this case, I’d guess the researchers chose to concentrate on gender since color preference is especially closely linked to gender socialization, so studying the former is an indirect way of learning about the latter.

But there are definitely other interesting studies to be done looking at other variables. That’s what keeps science interesting, I guess. 🙂

Here’s another tid bit. . . a hundred years ago in western cultures the colour RED was assigned to men and PINK to boys. It is not a natural attraction it is a social construct. Males are expected to like blue. . .

I think blue is a little overrated. But then again, it’s the most common favorite color, so I guess that makes sense!