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After the enormous popularity of all things yellow, briefly challenged by the color blue, Thailand’s new favorite color is pink. The craze began after His Majesty the King (may he get well soon) left a Bangkok hospital wearing a pink shirt and blazer.

Shirt-sellers have been besieged by people demanding pink clothing. It’s unclear how long this trend will last, but if it’s anything like the yellow-shirt phenomenon it could be here for a while. Will Thailand’s farang contingent adopt this bold fashion move and start wearing pink shirts?

From The Nation today:

”I bought a pink T-shirt because wearing this colour is a means to wish His Majesty good health,” Araya Janthikul, 51, said.

Korakot Wong-ubon, 23, went shopping for pink T-shirts around Victory Monument yesterday. ‘I am doing this because I want His Majesty to be in good health forever,” she explained.

At the wholesale Bo Bae Market, small-scale vendors were buying items of clothing in pink from 5am yesterday.

One of the buyers, who identified herself only as Dam, said all pink items in her shop had been sold out on Wednesday. “I am sure pink will become even more popular than yellow,” she said.

Reuters reported that an aide to Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn said that planet Mars, which is represented by the color pink apparently, has been helping strengthen His Majesty the King. Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn has been wearing pink every Tuesday since the beginning of the year.

Although one astrologer said that too many people wearing pink could cause an increased number of disagreements in Thailand, it looks like Tuesday is now pink day.