Introducing "Mangenta"

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Strong shades of pink are hot in menswear right now, perhaps because of the economic climate: "When the financial crisis hit last fall, just as clothing designers were selling their fall ready-to-wear collections to stores, the runways were full of black, gray and brown, with swatches of blue. The style world's creative types set to work immediately to come up with a new style equation that would persuade consumers to whip out their credit cards. Six months later -- wham! The colors -- zany, cartoonish hues that also include neon orange and yellow -- are bold enough to induce an adrenalin rush." But what if you're a man whose recession-damaged psyche can't handle the idea of wearing such a girlie color? Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you...mangenta! Now, doesn't that sound more masculine? [WSJ]