The custom of dressing boys in blue and girls in pink has its origin in the idea of protecting newborns from evil spirits. Blue, as the color of the heavens, was especially potent in frightening away demons, hence it was allotted to the most important child, the boy. Girls were thought so little of in early centuries that there was no point in giving them a particular color; pink was probably a later attempt to balance the color scheme. A European legend is much prettier. Baby boys were found under cabbages, which were somewhat blue in color. A baby girl was born in the heart of a pink rose.