Belgium is still using the original scheme. The reversal was implemented by US commercial interests (of course...) in 1940.
As legend goes, the original scheme used blue for girls because that was the color of Mary's coat (Belgium being Catholic country and all that) and pink derived from red, color of fire and war.
As legend goes, the original scheme used blue for girls because that was the color of Mary's coat (Belgium being Catholic country and all that) and pink derived from red, color of fire and war.