Color and Gender

xkcd, the go-to place for amusing cartoon infographics, graphs and charts, has published the results of their color survey in their usually humorous and quirky way. One of their most amusing discoveries involved the differences between how different genders name color. You can definitely see the branding and marketing goons' handiwork rather clearly here:

"Salmon." Heh. Then there's also their amusing breakdown of the top color names by gender. The most popular colors used by women were:

1. Dusty Teal
2. Blush Pink
3. Dusty Lavender
4. Butter Yellow
5. Dusky Rose

And for the men:

1. Penis
2. Gay
3. WTF
4. Dunno
5. Baige

Seriously men? The one color that's actually a color that made it to your most masculine list is misspelled? I guess it's OK when you consider that almost no one seems capable of spelling "fuchsia":

There's a lot more on the xkcd blog. It's definitely an amusing read. :)

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