Sweet and sticky like cotton candy or bold and bright like fuchsia? If you love pink, you are in for a desktop party!

This collection of pink computer icons is like haute couture for your desktop! And they can help you stay on top of your projects too!

Luminous Pink Folder Icons come in six shades of pink! From dreamy and pale to hot and daring!

Tags: Luminous, folder icons, Pink October, pink ribbon, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, desktop customization

I am working on the last set of desktop art for this year’s Pink October theme at Marmalade Moon, so I was doing some research on the color pink.

I was fascinated to find that the idea of pink being a feminine colour and blue a masculine colour, was a convention that in Western culture, started in the 1920s and got established in the 1940s.

"If you like the color note on the little one's garments, use pink for the boy and blue for the girl, if you are a follower of convention." [The Sunday Sentinal, March 29, 1914.]

Before that, blue was for girls because it was considered more delicate and dainty, and pink was for boys because it was regarded as more masculine and fierce - a paler shade of red.

"There has been a great diversity of opinion on the subject, but the generally accepted rule is pink for the boy and blue for the girl. The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl." [Ladies Home Journal, June, 1918]

Interesting, I thought. To see how a cultural idea can change, even reverse, and to think about how much these cultural ideas influence us.

Related links:
Pink - Wikipedia
Out of the blue and in the pink by Ben Goldacre - The Guardian

Tags: Pink October, pink ribbon, Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Here is a brand new, abstract desktop wallpaper with swirling bands and gentle gradiations, inspired by the pink ribbon, an international symbol of breast cancer awareness. Try Pink Swirl as a background for your digital desktop.

October is pink at Marmalade Moon. Keep your eye out for more pink desktop art!

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Tags: abstract, organic, pink ribbon, Pink October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, desktop customization

Here are eight Pink Ribbon icons, avatars and buttons in support of October, the Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

These pink ribbons are available both as desktop icons and as avatars as well as images or buttons that can be used for the web.

If you have a blog or a web site and you want to help support the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, you can use these pink ribbon graphics to help promote the charity.

Pink Ribbons come in pink and cerise and are designed in four styles. The styles range from elegance to boldness. From an iPhone inspired style to a watercolor brush stroke style.

So head on over to the freebies section to take your pick of Pink Ribbons!

Tags: pink ribbon, buttons, graphics, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Pink October, desktop customization

October is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I want to show my support for the attempt to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention and cure.

So October is pink at Marmalade Moon.

I am creating some pink ribbons, that will be available both as computer icons and avatars and as images that you can use on your blog or web site.

And there will be more surprises... Stay tuned for a pink October!

Related Link:
Pink Ribbon Inc - http://www.pinkribbon.org/

Tags: pink ribbon, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Pink October, events