What is pink?

  • (noun): Any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers.
    Synonyms: garden pink
    See also — Additional definitions below

Pink

Pink is any of the colors between reddish blue (purple) and red, of medium to high brightness and of low to moderate saturation. Commonly used for Valentine's Day and Easter, pink is sometimes referred to as "the color of love." The use of the word for the color "pink" was first recorded in the late 17th century.

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Pink - In Culture - Transportation Planning
... The Chicago Transit Authority recently debuted the Pink Line rail service ... from Hammersmith to Barking is assigned the color pink on the tube map ... Pink is one of the colors used in the fixtures of the MMDA such as bus shelters the other one is light blue ...
Publius Enigma - History
... flew a 194-foot (59 m) long zeppelin named The Division Belle between Pink Floyd concert locations ... the following "A spokesperson for Pink Floyd has issued the following statement You have spotted the Pink Floyd Airship ... Pink Floyd have sent their airship to North America to deliver a message ...
Variations Of Pink - Other Notable Pink Colors - Steel Pink
... Steel Pink Color coordinates Hex triplet #CC33CC sRGBB (r, g, b) (204, 51, 204) CMYKH (c, m, y, k) (0, 75, 0, 20) HSV (h, s, v) (300°, 75%, 80%) Source Crayola B Normalized to (byte) H Normalized to (hu ... The color steel pink was introduced by Crayola in January 2011, when the Ultra Hot and Super Cool set of Crayola colored pencils was fully introduced ... "Steel pink" is a deep tone of magenta ...
Dianthus Armeria
... Dianthus armeria (Deptford Pink) is a species of Dianthus ("pink") native to most of Europe, from Portugal north to southern Scotland and southern Finland, and east to Ukraine and the ... The flowers are 8–15 mm diameter, with five petals, bright reddish-pink they are produced in small clusters at the top of the stems from early to late summer ...
Don't Leave Me Now (Pink Floyd Song) - Plot
... The Wall tells the story of Pink, an alienated and embittered rock star ... At this point in the album's narrative, Pink has discovered his wife's infidelity ... Pink falls into a depression ...

More definitions of "pink":

  • (verb): Make light, repeated taps on a surface.
    Synonyms: tap, rap, knock
  • (adj): Of a light shade of red.
    Synonyms: pinkish
  • (verb): Sound like a car engine that is firing too early.
    Synonyms: ping, knock
  • (noun): A light shade of red.
  • (verb): Cut in a zig-zag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing.

Famous quotes containing the word pink:

    It’s no go the picture palace, it’s no go the stadium,
    It’s no go the country cot with a pot of pink geraniums.
    It’s no go the Government grants, it’s no go the elections,
    Sit on your arse for fifty years and hang your hat on a pension.
    Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)

    I have need of night people.
    I have need to see the bum dozing
    off on scag, the women in labor
    pushing forth a pink head,
    lord I need to fly I am sick of
    rocks and sea water....
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    The pink paint on the innocence of fear;
    Walk in a gingerly manner up the hall.
    Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)