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.
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][7]
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.[10]
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.[14]
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.[18]
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.[20]
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.[21] 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.[22]
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.[35]
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,[45] designed by Leonor Fini for the Surrealist fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli in 1937.[46] The color shown at right matches the color of the lettering on the original box.[47][48] 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,[49] who was one of Schiaparelli's best clients.
Shocking pink kept its name in British English,[45] 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".[50] 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".
Fuchsia is a vivid pinkish-purplish-red color, named after the color of the flower of the fuchsia plant, which was named by a French botanist, Charles Plumier, after the 16th-century German botanist Leonhart Fuchs.
Lavender is a light shade of purple or violet. It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name. The web color called lavender is displayed adjacent—it matches the color of the palest part of the flower; however, the more saturated color shown as floral lavender more closely matches the average color of the lavender flower as shown in the picture and is the tone of lavender historically and traditionally considered lavender by average people as opposed to website designers. The color lavender might be described as a medium purple or a light pinkish-purple. The term lavender may be used in general to apply to a wide range of pale, light, or grayish-purples, but only on the blue side; lilac is pale purple on the pink side. In paints, the color lavender is made by mixing purple and white paint.
Lemon or lemon-color is a vivid yellow color characteristic of the lemon fruit. Shades of "lemon" may vary significantly from the fruit's actual color, including fluorescent tones and creamy hues reflective of lemon pies and confections.
Orchid is a bright rich purple color that resembles the color which various orchids often exhibit.
Red-violet refers to a rich color of high medium saturation about 3/4 of the way between red and magenta, closer to magenta than to red. In American English, this color term is sometimes used in color theory as one of the purple colors—a non-spectral color between red and violet that is a deep version of a color on the line of purples on the CIE chromaticity diagram.
Carmine color is the general term for some deep red colors that are very slightly purplish but are generally slightly closer to red than the color crimson is. Some rubies are colored the color shown below as rich carmine. The deep dark red color shown at right as carmine is the color of the raw unprocessed pigment, but lighter, richer, or brighter colors are produced when the raw pigment is processed, some of which are shown below.
Baby blue is a tint of azure, one of the pastel colors.
Spring green is a color that was traditionally considered to be on the yellow side of green, but in modern computer systems based on the RGB color model is halfway between cyan and green on the color wheel.
Taupe is a dark gray-brown color. The word derives from the French noun taupe meaning "mole". The name originally referred only to the average color of the French mole, but beginning in the 1940s, its usage expanded to encompass a wider range of shades.
Sapphire is a saturated shade of blue, referring to the gem of the same name. Sapphire gems are most commonly found in a range of blue shades although they can be many different colors. Other names for variations of the color sapphire are blue sapphire or sapphire blue, shown below.
In optics, orange has a wavelength between approximately 585 and 620 nm and a hue of 30° in HSV color space. In the RGB color space it is a secondary color numerically halfway between gamma-compressed red and yellow, as can be seen in the RGB color wheel. The complementary color of orange is azure. Orange pigments are largely in the ochre or cadmium families, and absorb mostly blue light.
Spring bud is the color that used to be called spring green before the X11 web color spring green was formulated in 1987 when the X11 colors were first promulgated. This color is now called spring bud to avoid confusion with the web color.
Varieties of the color green may differ in hue, chroma or lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a green or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.
Ruby is a color that is a representation of the color of the cut and polished ruby gemstone and is a shade of red or pink.
Varieties of the color red may differ in hue, chroma or lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a red or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors are shown below.
The color magenta has notable tints and shades. These various colors are shown below.
Varieties of the color yellow may differ in hue, chroma or lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a yellow or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.
Varieties of the color blue may differ in hue, chroma, or lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a blue or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these colors is shown below.
Violet is a color term derived from the flower of the same name. There are numerous variations of the color violet, a sampling of which are shown below.
Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel.
↑ 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.
↑ 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
1 2 Maerz, 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.
1 2 Maerz, 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.
1 2 "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.
1 2 Consejo 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.
↑ "New Year, New Blue". Wilson College of Textiles. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
↑ 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"
1 2 Woods, Vicki (2003), "Chic value", The Daily Telegraph, London (published 24 October 2003), archived from the original on 18 May 2008, retrieved 26 April 2008
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
Color coordinates
