Like sugar and spice and everything nice, the color pink is often traditionally associated with little girls. The hue instantly conjures up images of femininity and sweetness. At its best pink can be warm, fresh, and soft. But choose the wrong shade and your space can quickly swing into the less-than-pleasing realm of bubblegum and Pepto Bismol. Here are a few spaces and paint swatches that get this tricky color just right.
Rooms:
Paint Colors:
- Behr Reverie Pink 170E-1
- Behr Silk Sheets 150A-1
- Glidden Pink Ballet Slipper
- Martha Stewart Ballet Slipper Pink
- Mythic Shy Shell 180-1
- Pittsburgh Paints Bare Pink 536 3
- Ralph Lauren Tea Rose RLVM215
- Sherwin Williams Possibly Pink SW 6308
- Valspar Pink Wink 1006-2C
- Benjamin Moore Wild Aster 1240
(Images: 1. Olivier Martin Gambier/Homelife 2. Kelly Stuart for The Glow 3. Karen Russell 4. Emily Schildhouse 5. Patrick Cline for Lonny )
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I'm not a fan of pink, but all of those rooms are very nice. The curtains in the first pic are SO LUXURIOUS!
I want to recommend Benjamin Moore "Pink Moire" for a very warm pink with golden undertones, for those who love pink but want to avoid the Barbie aspect. It's a gorgeous, gorgeous shade.
i may just be in a sour mood, but the last room really bothers me; something about large portraits in kid's bedrooms makes me feel like the poor things are being raised to be very self-absorbed. just saying.
Dear god, ASK THE KID FIRST. I was raised in a pink-and-white frilly mess of a bedroom designed thus solely because I'm female. I despised it, and when we moved when I was seven, the first thing I asked for was to have a blue room. Eighteen years on, and it's only been recently that I've started liking pink again - and only strong, bright, vibrant shades like hollywood cerise and magenta. Pastel shades still leave me cold.
So maybe try something neutral for when a kid is little, but as soon as they're old enough to express preferences, ask them what THEY want! They have to live with it!
I agree with ryttu3k. Not only because kids should be able to express themselves in their own rooms, but also because I find color-coding of children abhorrent. It's okay to like pink, and it's okay for girls to like pink, but I think imposing pink on young girls and making them internalize it as "their" color is the worst. Same with blue for boys. Let's not limit children's choices or imaginations.