Pink

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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Famous quotes containing the word pink:

    “All night your moth-breath
    Flickers among the flat pink roses. I wake to listen:
    A far sea moves in my ear.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “The same dreadful set,
    the same family of orange and pink faces
    carved and dressed up like puppets
    who wait for their jaws to open and shut.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “I am the very pink of courtesy.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)