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Rachel was in a pink satin dress at Sardi's.

Someone told me that pink was a "healing" color (according to color therapy).

Aye, pink is considered a color for health and healing.

Not go too off topic, but has anyone else noticed the fabulous practice of dressing the men's ties to match the women's clothing? For example, in "Maidenform," at the Tom Tom, Peggy's dress and Pete's tie were the same cerulean color. Another example, off the top of my head, in "For Those Who Think Young," Sal's tie and Peggy's blouse are the same goldenrod color in the scene where Peggy comes up with the line "What did you bring me daddy?" in Don's office. I love the idea that it subtly highlights a relationship between those two characters in those scenes.

These teals, also showing up on Betty next in "The Gold Violin," can mean confidence. Are our girls coming out of their shells?

Neat observations, jamm54 and MadShrubbery. I also recall that turquoise and pink were the huge colors in the 50's/60's...also grey.

Good observations. There's also the pink elephant statue in "Flight 1" that Pete's mother insists Trudy take with her.

And, in Season One, Episode 2, "Ladies Room," Roger says "Trust me, psychiatry is this year's candy pink stove."

In "Marriage of Figaro," (also Season One) both Joan and Rachel are dressed in bright pink outfits. It may be that the color was popular, but you could really be on to something.

About the pink elephant, I thought pink elephants signfied hallucinations from drinking, like the DT's.

Fabulous observation! Yeah, you probably need to get a life but I'm hardly in a position to judge!!!!

Pink was one of the big colors at that time. In the Eisenhower years pink was so popular (with girls, of course) that there were pink cars. Note that this was not the "hot pink" of later years, but a very soft powder pink, considered very feminine, delicate and gentle. It's popularity might have been due to a desire for women to be ultra-feminine and, yes, childlike. The popularity of this color bled, if you will, into the early 60's and you'd best be grateful for it as once it's gone you'll start to see the colors that took over from turquoise and pink: avocado green and gold :-p

As for what it might symbolize--I suspect that it's a way to indicate the presence of the female in this show. Women may be treated like children, ordered around, treated as if they were delicate and in need of protection, but they're omnipresent and exercising more power and influence then the men might think.

One more pink comment....my mother created a pink bulb/sliver tree for us the Xmas of '61 and to this day, although they are not used.....they are still stored in their original creme colored boxes with their torn celophane and will never ever be thrown away.

ooops... forgot to mention.... our Bell Telephone was a lovely shade of PINK - and stood out proudly in the living room next to the gold naugahide (spelling?) chair.

Was Don waring a pink or salmon towel?

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Actually, I got a Bachelor of Fine Arts in it, but I'm hardly in a position to judge!

Hi Nokomis! I will have to recheck the episode, and my box of 64 Crayola Crayons!

One more pink comment....my mother created a pink bulb/sliver tree for us the Xmas of '61 and to this day, although they are not used.....they are still stored in their original creme colored boxes with their torn celophane and will never ever be thrown away.

MM Fan, I think in honor of Mad Men, you should bring forth that pink bulb/silver tree for this Xmas season. Pass on the memory! :-D

In that particular order? It means you prefer your grape Skittles before the rest. ;)

Yes, PINK, is the color for health & healing, that's why it is now the color for breast cancer. I am a survivor & wear pink all the time. But in the 60's, I hated it. I was the older daughter & my mother liked to dress my sister & I like twins. I always got the pink outfit & my sister always got the blue outfit. I always wanted the blue.

My favorite colors purple, red, pink, green, yellow, in that order. Maybe madshrubbery could tell me what that means.

Thanks!

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