Just saw this at http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/ColorTheme:
“Hello Kitty” Colour Theme Request
After a discussion on #emacs, it was found that we could attract more women and young children to being Emacs users if we had a “Hello Kitty” colour theme; something with a soft pink and yellow.
Interesting idea, but is the color theme really the problem? 