Barbie movie used enough pink paint to cause an international shortage

Greta Gerwig’s new BarbieMovie has made an impact with colorful trailers that show off the bright pink clothes and Dreamhouse inspired film set. The Barbie Dreamhouse, decked out in vibrant fuchsia color looks just like what you played with when you were a child. Sarah Greenwood told Architectural Digest in an interview that the pink paint used was so excessive, it led to a global shortage.

“Maintaining the ‘kid-ness’ was paramount,” Gerwig told Architecture Digest. “I wanted the pinks to be very bright, and everything to be almost too much.” As a result, “the world,” Greenwood said, in the interview, “ran out of pink.”

This set was inspired by Palm Springs’ midcentury modernism. Richard Neutra, for example, designed the entire thing. Greenwood, along with Katie Spencer, the set decorator (both of whom have worked together on other projects), created a completely new design. Pride & PrejudiceYou can also find out more about the following: Anna Karenina). Gerwig explained that the Dreamhouse was designed without walls or doors — a decision both true to the spirit of a dollhouse, which is completely open on one side to allow kids to play with the dolls, but also an interesting directorial choice for a live-action film starring human beings.

“We were literally creating the alternate universe of Barbie Land,” Gerwig told Architectural Digest. This world included pink paint in abundance!