>>38639It was red, not pink.
Pink/lavender can look great and classy on men as long as you stay way away from over saturated colors like in OP.
Pic related is how it's done right.
Men have a narrower gamut in terms of what's usually acceptable, but in a very casual setting really most colors can look great provided it's tasteful and they have the confidence to not go "OMG PEOPLE WILL THINK I'M A FLAMING HOMO WHAT DO I DO".
By the way, it's the same reason confident men can wear women fragrances (re taste: pls none of that diabetes inducing sugary crap, it's gross even on girls). I'd rather a guy smell Chanel 19 than One Million / Black XS / generic boring as hell cologne. I've even heard of someone pulling off Shalimar so clearly anything is possible…
Overall I don't blame men for going the lazy route: most don't have a good/confident enough taste to wear something they haven't seen on a hundred different men in commercials / life and still have 95% assurance it's going to look good, when a faux pas can be a social death penalty.