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Pie Chart: Humanity's Favorite Colors

By Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer

Credit: Phillip Cohen / Family Inequality

A sample of 1,974 men and women were asked whether they preferred purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, or pink.

August 1, 2012 Updated Aug 1, 2012 at 12:32 PM PDT

As part of a recent study on gender norms, University of Maryland sociologist Philip Cohen asked nearly 2,000 men and women a simple question: "What's your favorite color?" Blue turned out to be most popular across the board, followed by green for men and purple for women.

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