In Volkov’s famous fairy tale “The Wizard of the Emerald City”, all residents wear green glasses, and the city seems unusually beautiful to them, all houses and pavements are made of green stone. Fakir, and concurrently a wizard, Goodwin knew well how mood affects what color prevails in our worldview. Pink color is the color of freshness, tenderness, charm. Not without reason in Greek mythology, the goddess of the morning dawn, Eos was called the pink-fingered. Sometimes we hear about a person: "He looks at the world through pink glasses." What does this expression mean and when did it enter our speech?
Expression value
The explanatory dictionary defines this phraseology as a naive, enthusiastic view of life, when reality turns into a blissful illusion. The same expression is found in the Cambridge International Idiom Dictionary. It is typical of American, Australian and British English. Great Britain began to actively colonize North America at the beginning of the 17th century, and it is assumed that this expression existed among immigrants at that time. The same phrase, found at Schopenhauer. He writes that a person who does not idealize life is less likely to make mistakes than a person who looks at life through pink glasses.
The modern meaning of this phrase is similar. If we are talking about a person that he is looking at the world through pink glasses, we want to emphasize that he is an idealist. He does not see the true state of things, takes what he wants to be real, and is in the clouds. "Take off the pink glasses" - this means returning to reality. It also means stopping in the world of baseless fantasies, starting to act. Looking at the world in pink glasses is peculiar to weak people, unable to make a difference for the better.
Pink in literature
Pink is often used in literature for a particular cliché. Goethe writes that the pink color gives the impression of charms and goodwill. To describe the health and happiness of the hero, it will be sure to be said about his pink complexion. At all times, writers, not sparing pink paint, described pink dreams and hopes, sunrises and sunsets, clouds. In pink drowned the heroines of sentimental novels, enthusiastic girls. Leo Tolstoy in "Anna Karenina" constantly dresses Kitty Shcherbatskaya in pink. At Dostoevsky Makar Devushkin sees everything in "pink color". True, in Dostoevsky it is written with elements of irony. Even Andrei Platonov with his peculiar language succumbed to the charm of pink. Describing a rural clock, he writes:
... a pink flower was depicted in the guise of a mechanism to console anyone who sees time ...
In the theater of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan there is a performance called “Cafe“ Life in Pink. ”This is another action-packed story about a love triangle, where the husband and lover find out the relationship. It takes the form of jokes. But these jokes are too dangerous and the audience is in suspense until the last scenes of the play .
Hare in pink glasses
In the tale of Nikolai Gribachev, the hare Koska found glasses in the forest with large pink glasses that the girl lost while picking berries. When he put them on, the world seemed beautiful to him and he boasted to all the beasts how good he was and how omnipotent he was now. But when the bunny wanted to eat, he saw that his favorite cabbage was of some strange color and looked horrible at the same time. He ran through the forest, but did not find food of normal color. A wise owl told him that if the hare does not take off his glasses, then he will remain hungry. The hare took off his glasses and never wore them again. Moral: Illusions do not help in life.
Semantic hallucinations
The rock group "Semantic Hallucinations", which was founded in 1989 and participated in the rock festivals "Invasion", "Maxidrom", "Wings", also paid tribute to the pink color. The song "Pink Glasses" "Semantic Hallucinations" is performed with constant success for many years. Below is a clip.
True, in the song “Pink Glasses”, “Semantic Connections” are far from an optimistic outlook on life. This melody sounds off-screen in the movie "Brother-2."
The great Edith Piaf also paid tribute to this theme, performing the song La vie en rose (Life in the Pink Color) in 1955. This is a song about passionate love that fills life completely. "I am so happy that I can die," the singer sings.
Color therapy
In psychology, a color treatment method is used - color therapy. Individual colors and their combinations are used for various situations. Pink color is used to relieve stress, normalize behavior, alleviate the symptoms of diseases. In the 18th century, pink was believed to aid digestion. The lateral light therapy method is used, for which special Filat glasses (lateral physiotherapy) were created. The glasses in these glasses are of different colors, composite, divided vertically. In modern models, glass is replaced by colored LEDs controlled remotely, which makes it possible to pulse exposure. Choosing a combination of colors and dosing the exposure time, you can choose an individual scheme for each patient. Pink color is actively used to relieve excitement in patients.
Fashion
Fashion for pink never passes. The girl in pink glasses on the catwalk periodically causes delight. Barbie doll is one of the proofs of this. The pink dress of Marilyn Monroe in the film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" was the benchmark for millions of fans. Christian Dior believed that every woman should have a pink dress in her wardrobe, especially since there are a lot of shades of pink. Older people remember the pink jacket Jacqueline Kennedy well. Queen Elizabeth II of England sometimes appears in pink toilets and hats. Royal dignity only emphasizes this color.
Pink glasses are also a fashion accessory that has nothing to do with naivety and illusions. A variety of models of such glasses allows you to choose them for any type of face. This detail will emphasize the charm of any woman. True, not on the beach, where pink sunglasses should be used with caution. They do not filter dangerous ultraviolet light and you should not use them to protect your eyes.
Painting
Rococo style painting can be called a kind of glamor of the 18th century. It seems that the pink color is poured in the paintings and the artists look at their models, literally wearing pink glasses. From these canvases comes peace and tranquility. These are Boucher’s paintings “Allegory of Music”, “A Shepherd Playing the Flute”, Watteau’s works “Notes”, “Sign of the Gersen Shop”.
There are many problems, troubles and stresses in our life. We try to do too much and be in time. Sometimes problems seem insoluble and goals seem unattainable. We are angry with the whole world, we are depressed. Life seems meaningless and lost. The whole world seems hostile and unjust. Maybe there are situations where pink glasses can help. Sometimes it’s worth dressing them briefly so that the world becomes colorful again. At this time or even through them, you may see ways to solve difficult problems.