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'''Pink''' is a pale red color that is named after a flower of the same name. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, childhood, femininity and the romantic. A combination of pink and white is associated with chastity and innocence,whereas a combination of pink and black links to eroticism and seduction. | [[File:Examples_of_the_color_pink.jpg|thumb|Examples of the color pink.]]'''Pink''' is a pale red color that is named after a flower of the same name. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, childhood, femininity and the romantic. A combination of pink and white is associated with chastity and innocence,whereas a combination of pink and black links to eroticism and seduction. | ||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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File:Pink City.jpg|link=Pink City|January 16, 2018: Chromatographic analysis of '''''[[Pink City]]''''' reveals "at least two, possibly four, perhaps as many as eight" previously unknown hues of the color pink. | |||
File:Taffy Bomb.jpg|link=Taffy Bomb (nonfiction)|October 16, 2017: Spectrographic analysis of '''''[[Taffy Bomb (nonfiction)|Taffy Bomb]]''''' reveals "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown hues of the color pink. | |||
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* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* ''[[Pink City]]'' | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Color (nonfiction)]] | * [[Color (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Pink (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links | == External links == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink Pink] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink Pink] @ Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Colors (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Colors (nonfiction)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:44, 9 August 2021
Pink is a pale red color that is named after a flower of the same name. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, childhood, femininity and the romantic. A combination of pink and white is associated with chastity and innocence,whereas a combination of pink and black links to eroticism and seduction.
In the News
January 16, 2018: Chromatographic analysis of Pink City reveals "at least two, possibly four, perhaps as many as eight" previously unknown hues of the color pink.
October 16, 2017: Spectrographic analysis of Taffy Bomb reveals "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown hues of the color pink.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Pink @ Wikipedia