Pink is more than the colour of choice for Barbie dolls and Paris Hilton: it's now turning up in furniture and kitchen utensils stocked in European stores.
Designers regard pink as a versatile highlight colour for interior decoration.
Nicolette Naumann, vice-president of Germany's consumer goods trade fair Ambiente in Frankfurt, says pink can be very elegant, especially in combination with wood.
But a soft fairy floss hue, rather than a bright pink, is the way to go, she says.
"It's not the kind of pink we might associate with Paris Hilton but a shade one could wonderfully use in a living room," Naumann explains.
"It might sound flashy but it's not - and it doesn't come across like kitsch either."
Along with pink-accented furniture, a range of colourful kitchen utensils were on display at the fair. Knife blades coated in different colours of paint, including pink, that do not peel off were a highlight.
