To think green is unisex?

[Katiem1234]

I'm pregnant with my first baby, a girl. Green is my favourite colour and I've bought a fair few green baby clothes, I always thought green was a very unisex colour? However a friend has asked me why I've bought so many boy clothes and I presume jokingly said she takes it I was hoping for a boy... We've also got pinks, purples, yellows, creams etc.
Green is totally fine for a girl right? People aren't going to assume I just wanted a boy so dressed them in 'boys' clothes?

So can someone give me a comprehensive list of which colours are for which sex? I mean pink and blue are easy, but who gets red? Or black? Which child should I dress in white and what the hello do I do with a pink and blue stripped top??

And, as the OP presumably wants to know, who gets green? Ah, but which shade of green - khaki, olive, lime, grass, emerald, jade, aqua.... it's a nightmare...

Oh, wait, no it's not. 'Girl colours' and 'boy colours' are merely pigments of the non-imagination.

@ErrolTheDragon - 'Girl colours' and 'boy colours' are merely pigments of the non-imagination.

That is brilliant.

@ErrolTheDragon just won the thread

🏆Brilliant!

Can we get this printed on children's clothes? In the full range of colours of course!

This topic came up with my DDs earlier (6&nearly8), specifically about tops with dinosaurs on. DD2 had asked why it was baggier than her other tops, and I told her I got it in the Boys section.
So they asked me why boys and girls needed different clothes, decided it was silly and there should just be a children's section and all kids should be able to wear what they like. Except for dresses, they were a bit confused about them (but decided boys were unlikely to wear them).

They also extended this to adult clothing. DH and I do dress pretty similar at weekends though... Jeans and hoodies etc.

Green is definitely unisex. So is blue I think, you can totally dress a girl up in blue stuff. The only thing I reckon people might draw the line at dressing up a little boy in a load of pink frilly stuff (not against it personally but can see why some people might be). But you know what... it's your baby so dress her in whatever the hell you want!

Thats just depressing. I am pregnant and will not be finding out the gender before birth.
I absolutely love green for clothes, blankets, nursery decor etc. I picked a lovely garden green colour for the nursery paint.
I honestly wouldn't care if someone thought anything of my choice of colour for baby stuff.
Too much baby stuff I see in stores is a depressing grey that's meant to be neutral and go with anything?! I absolutely hate the idea of grey things for babies. Go for green, OP, if you are into it and don't mind anyone else!

You'll have a job finding out the gender before birth anyway...sex is a bit easier to determine on a scan what with it being biological not social.

I don't normally mention that when the words are used incorrectly, unlike other posters on MN, but in a discussion about colours being gender-neutral it seems slightly more relevant.

You'll have a job finding out the gender before birth anyway...sex is a bit easier to determine on a scan what with it being biological not social.

Unfortunately, in the case of people who feel they need to find out the sex of their baby before decorating the nursery or buying clothes, it really is a 'gender' scan.

That, @ErrolTheDragon , is an excellent point.

I deliberately never dressed DD1 in pink because I prefer other colours and only ever used "girly" socks to show she was a girl. People still assumed she was a boy. DD2 was born at a different time of year so a lot of DD1's clothes didn't work for her and we borrowed from a friend who had a lot of pink. DD2 can be dressed top to toe in pink and people still say "Aw, isn't he sweet"!

Christ, all colours are unisex.

I used to get comments from thick people about dressing my dd in bright blues or greens, or reds, or oranges, stripes, or anything other than pink frills or florals really. Just roll your eyes and move on.

I have nothing pink in my wardrobe, and green is my favourite colour, still have a vagina last time I checked.

Agree all colours are unisex, dress your baby in whatever you like!

I'm lucky with ds. He really likes anything flamboyant so I have been able to pass off a lot of dd1 clothing to him ( rainbow colours, pink pjs and the like) but I drew the line when he wanted a sparkly dress. I don't want him bullied.