Pink colors are usually light or desaturated shades of reds, roses, and magentas which are created on computer and television screens using the RGB color model and in printing with the CMYK color model. As such, it is an arbitrary classification of color.
Below is a list of some of the common pink colors.
At right is displayed the web color light pink. The name of the web color is written as "lightpink" (no space) in HTML for computer display.
Although this color is called "light pink", as can be ascertained by inspecting its hex code, it is actually a slightly deeper, not a lighter, tint of pink than the color pink itself. A more accurate name for it in terms of traditional color nomenclature would therefore be medium light pink.
At right is displayed the web color hot pink. The name of the web color is written as "hotpink" (no space) in HTML for computer display. This shade of pink, along with bubblegum pink, was a very popular aesthetic during the 2000s.[3][4][5][6]
At right is displayed the color pink lace, a very pale purplish pink.
The color name pink lace for this pale tone of rose pink has been in use since 2001, when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.
This color is suggestive of the color of some women's lingerie.
At right is displayed the color baby pink, a light shade of pink.
The first recorded use of baby pink as a color name in English was in 1928.[9]
In Western culture, baby pink is used to symbolize baby girls just as baby blue is often used to symbolize baby boys (but see also the section Pink in gender in the main article on pink.)
Spanish pink is the color that is called Rosa (the Spanish word for "pink") in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and
Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.
Displayed at the right is the color Fairy Tale, a pale and soft purplish pink color resembling typical fairy outfits in fiction. It is similar to orchid pink but slightly paler and more purple-toned.
The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Cotton eXtended (TCX)" color list, color #13-2802 TCX—Fairy Tale.[13]
Cherry blossom pink colored shirts are often worn to work on 15 September (a day a few days before the beginning of spring in the Southern Hemisphere) to celebrate "Cherry Blossom Day" in Brisbane, Australia.[17]
Displayed at right is the color carnation pink. Carnation pink is a color that resembles the flower color of a carnationplant. The color as displayed here was formulated by Crayola in 1903, and appears in Crayola's boxes of 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 and 96 colors.
The first recorded use of carnation as a color name in English was in 1535.[19]
Baker-Miller Pink is a tone of pink that was originally created by mixing one gallon of pure white indoor latex paint with one pint of red trim semi-gloss outdoor paint.[20] It is named for the two U.S. Navy officers who first experimented with its use in 1979 at the Naval Correctional Facility in Seattle, Washington at the behest of researcher Alexander Schauss. The color is also known as Schauss pink, after Alexander Schauss' extensive research into the effects of the color on emotions and hormones, as well as P-618 and Drunk-Tank Pink.[21]
Results of the use of this color to paint the interiors of correctional institutions has been mixed. Some prisoners have been calmed by the color, but others have been agitated and disturbed by it.
At right is displayed the color New York pink, a dark, desaturated yellow-toned shade of pink.
The color name New York pink for this dark tone of pink has been in use since 2001, when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.
At right is displayed the color solid pink, a dark reddish pink.
The color name solid pink for this extremely dark tone of pink has been in use since 2001, when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.
Mexican pink became known as such through the efforts of the journalist, painter, cartoonist and fashion designer Ramón Valdiosera in the mid-1940s.[34]
Another name for this color is Mexican rose, a play on the Spanish name rosa mexicano.[citation needed]
At right is displayed the color French pink, which is the tone of pink that is called pink (French: rose) in the Pourpre.com color list, a color list widely popular in France.
Bright pink is a maximally saturated tone of pink that is another name for the color rose.
In most Indo-European languages, the color that in English is called pink is called rosa; therefore, the color that is called rose in English is called bright rosa in most European and Latin American countries (using whatever adjective in a particular language means bright in that language).
Ultra pink is a Crayola crayon color formulated in 1972. In 1990, the name was changed in error to shocking pink; however, properly speaking, the name shocking pink should be reserved for only the original shocking pink formulated by Elsa Schiaparelli in 1937 (shown below).
Shocking pink is bold and intense. It takes its name from the tone of pink used in the lettering on the box of the perfume called Shocking,[43] designed by Leonor Fini for the Surrealist fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli in 1937.[44] The color shown at right matches the color of the lettering on the original box.[45][46] This in turn was inspired by the Tête de Belier (Ram's Head), a 17.27 ct pink diamond from Cartier owned by heiress Daisy Fellowes,[47] who was one of Schiaparelli's best clients.
Shocking pink kept its name in British English,[43] whereas in North America "This intense magenta was called shocking pink in the 1930s, hot pink in the 1950s, and kinky pink in the 1960s...[it] has appeared in the vanguard of more than one youth revolution...to some it sings, to others it screams".[48] This color is now again called "shocking pink" to distinguish it from the web color hot pink (shown above).
On its way into the German language, shocking pink lost the "shocking" and is called only "Pink"; the color that is called "pink" in English is called "rosa" in German as it is in most other Indo-European languages. A similar situation happens in Portuguese, but its nomenclature arrives intact, becoming "rosa-choque" ("shocking pink"). Brazilians also call all darker and hot tones of pink "rosa-pink".
"Bubblegum pink" is a deep tone of magenta. This shade of pink, along with hot pink, were a very popular aesthetic during the 2000s.[51][52][53][54][55]
^Type the words "Champagne Pink" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
^Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Baby Pink: Page 25 Plate 1 Color Sample C8
^Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). Guía de coloraciones (Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). Guide to Colorations) Madrid: H. Blume. ISBN84-89840-31-8
^Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 123; Color Sample of Cameo Pink: Page 25 Plate 50 Color Sample C2
^Type the words "Orchid Pink" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
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^Type the words "Fairy Tale" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
^The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called cherry blossom pink in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color cherry blossom pink is displayed on page 31, Plate 4, Color Sample J4.
^Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample of Cherry Blossom Pink: Page 31 Plate 4 Color Sample J4
^The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called amaranth pink in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color amaranth pink is displayed on page 121, Plate 49, Color Sample D8.
^Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; color sample of Tango Pink: Page 29 Plate 3 Color Sample J8
^ abMaerz, Aloys John; Paul, Morris Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 193. Color Sample of Congo Pink: Page 29 Plate 3 Color Sample C10.
^ abMaerz, Aloys John; Paul, Morris Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 193. Color Sample of Coral Pink: page 27, plate 2, Color Sample F9.
^ ab"Ca through Cz". ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names. John C. Foster and Texas Precancel Club. 1955. color sample #26. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2010. The ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names is a color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps.
^Type the words "Pink Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
^Type the words "Pale Dogwood" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
^Type the word "Pink U" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
^ abConsejo de Promoción Turística de México (ed.). Guía breve de uso de la marca México/País [Brief guide to use of the Trademark Mexico / Country] (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Archived from the original(PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^Type the words "Fandango Pink" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
^Type the words "Paradise Pink" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
^The color shown in the Persian Pink color box matches the color sample in the following book: Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Persian Pink: Page 29 Plate 3 Color Sample H4.
^Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Persian Pink: Page 29 Plate 3 Color Sample H4. Note: The color shown above matches the color sample in this book.
^Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203"
^ abWoods, Vicki (2003), "Chic value", The Daily Telegraph, London (published 24 October 2003), archived from the original on 18 May 2008, retrieved 26 April 2008
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