Everyone has an opinion about pink.

However, what many do not know is this contentious color has a storied past, which likely and unknowingly influenced our opinions on it. The details of pink’s history are many, but a few highlights help us understand what this color went through over the centuries, to bring it to where it is today.

pdhPaige HamiltonNovember 3, 2013elsa schiaparelli, marie antoinette, mfa boston, museum of fine arts boston, paige hamilton design, pink, pink floyd, sakura, the history of pink, think pink