PINK

The use of the word '''pink''' as a color first occurred in the 17th century to describe the light red flowers of pinks, flowering plants in the genus ''Dianthus.'' The color pink itself is a combination of red and white. Other tints of pink may be combinations of rose and white, magenta and white, or orange and white.
'''Roseus''' is a Latin word meaning "rosy" or "pink." Lucretius used the word to describe the dawn in his epic poem ''On the Nature of Things'' (''De Rerum Natura''). [1] The word is also used in the binomial names of several species, such as the Rosy Starling (''Sturnus roseus'') and ''Catharanthus roseus''.

Contents

Pale pink

Pastel pink

Web color pink

Web color lightpink (medium pink)

Nadeshiko pink

Web color hotpink

Web color deeppink

Dark pink

Bright pink

Shocking pink

Pink in gender

Pink in sexuality

Shades of pink color comparison chart

Pink in human culture

See also

References

External links

Pale pink

At right is displayed the color 'pale pink', a light, desaturated shade of pink.

Pastel pink

At right is displayed the color Pastel pink. ''Pastel Pink'' is used to symbolize baby girls just as baby blue is often used to symbolize baby boys.

Web color pink

At right is displayed web color 'pink'.
This color is identical to the color Tamarisk, the color of the flowers of the Tamarisk plant.

Web color lightpink (medium pink)

At right is displayed the web color 'lightpink' (no space).
However, if proper English usage regarding color nomenclature is to be maintained, since this color has a lower value than "pink", it should really be called ''medium pink'' if the web color "pink" (shown above) is accepted as the standard for ''pink''.

Nadeshiko pink

At right is displayed the color 'nadeshiko pink', called ''nadeshiko-iro'' (撫子色) in Japanese.
It is named after carnation (''nadeshiko'' 撫子). Another flower popular in Japanese culture, the cherry blossoms (sakura), gives its name to the color cerise (via the French word for ''cherry'').

Web color hotpink

At right is displayed the web color 'hotpink' (no space).

Web color deeppink

At right is displayed the web color 'deeppink' (no space). SVG color Keywords, CSS3 color Module, W3C Candidate Recommendation 14 May 2003 W3C

Dark pink

At right is displayed the color 'dark pink', a darker, desaturated shade of pink.

Bright pink

At right is displayed a neutral shade of 'bright pink'.

Shocking pink

'Shocking Pink', (also called ''neon pink'') is bold and intense. Fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli popularized this color in 1936, naming it ''shocking pink''; it was the color of the box her perfume called ''Shocking Pink'' came in (the box was shaped like the torso of film star Mae West).
"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" It is often used as a slang term to refer to the female genitalia.^[1] This color is now again called "shocking pink" to distinguish it from the web color hot pink (shown above). Its appearance is more akin to magenta than it is to traditional pink. This color has always been popular among the avant-garde.
NHRA drag racer, Shirley Muldowney was famous for driving a shocking pink dragster.

On its way into the German language, shocking pink lost the "shocking" and is called only "Pink", while the English color "pink" is referred to as "Rosa". Meanwhile in Portuguese one of its nomenclatures arrived intact becoming "cor-de-rosa choque" ("shocking pink") used more frequently in Brazil. It's also called "çingene pembesi" (Gypsy pink) in Turkish.

Pink in gender

★ Some feminists have decried the color pink, along with dresses and skirts, as something related to the pre-feminism "old-style female", which they view as a symbol of the oppression and limitations of that era. Although this trend persists, the current wave of feminism advocates choice, and many women have sought to reclaim aspects of the old-style female, including pink (and indeed dresses and skirts), as something to be proud of. For example, the Swedish radical feminist party Feminist Initiative uses pink as its color.

★ It is also associated with when a child is born, if it is a girl, it will normally have pink ribbons, blankets, etc. If it is a boy, it will have all blue things.

★ In 1918 the Ladies Home Journal wrote: “There has been a great diversity of opinion on the subject, but the generally accepted rule is pink for the boy and blue for the girl. The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl.” The Sunday Sentinel in 1914 told American mothers: “If you like the color note on the little one’s garments, use pink for the boy and blue for the girl, if you are a follower of convention.”

★ Pink is the color of the Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon. Pink was chosen partially because it is so strongly associated with femininity. ^[2]

★ It has been suggested that females prefer pink^[3] because of an evolutionary preference of reddish things like ripe fruits and healthy faces.^[3][5] This study though, has been accused of ethnocentric bias (non-Euro/American females do not necessarily prefer pink) and the evolutionary conclusion has been called unsubstantiated and ridiculous. ^[6]

Pink in sexuality

★ Whereas Jews were forced to wear the familiar yellow stars of David under Nazi rule, and Roma people were forced to wear a black triangle, men imprisoned on accusations of homosexuality or same-sex sexual activity were forced to wear a pink triangle. Nowadays, it is often worn with pride. ^[7]

★ A Dutch newsgroup about homosexuality is called ''nl.roze'' (''roze'' being the Dutch word for pink), while in Britain, Pink News is a leading gay newspaper and online news service. There is a magazine called ''Pink'' for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual (GLBT) community which has different editions for various metropolitan areas. ^[8]

★ In business, ''the pink pound'' or ''pink dollar'' refers to the spending power of the GLBT community. ^[9] Advertising agencies call the gay market the ''pink economy''.

Shades of pink color comparison chart

The purpose of the Color Comparison Chart is, by arranging the shades of a particular color in approximate order from lightest at the top to most saturated in the middle to darkest at the bottom, to allow the Wikipedia user to more easily choose a color they may need for a particular use. Having the colors arranged by shade rather than alphabetically makes it easier to do this.

• Pale Pink (Hex: #FADADD) (RGB: 250, 218, 221)


• Pig Pink (Crayola) (Hex: #FDD7E4) (RGB: 253, 215, 228)


• Pastel Pink (Hex: #FFD1DC) (RGB: 255, 209, 220)


• Pink (web color) (Tamarisk) (Hex: #FFCBDB) (RGB: 255, 192, 203)


• Cotton Candy (Crayola) (Hex: #FFB7D5) (RGB: 255, 183, 213)


• Medium Pink (web color "Light Pink") (Hex: #FFB6C1) (RGB: 255, 182, 193)


• Nadeshiko Pink (Hex: #F6ADC6) (RGB: 246, 173, 198)


• Carnation Pink (Crayola) (Hex: #FFA6C9) (RGB: 246, 166, 201)


• Lavender Pink (Crayola color "Lavender [Pink]") - (Hex: #FBAED2) (RGB: 251, 174, 210)


• Lavender Rose (Hex: #FBA0E3) (RGB: 251, 160, 227)


• Japanese Pink (Hex: #F8A1E6) (RGB: 248, 161, 230)


• Light Fuchsia Pink (Pale Magenta) (Hex: #F984EF) (RGB: 249, 132, 229)


• Persian Pink (Hex: #F77FBE) (RGB: 247, 127, 190)


• Tickle Me Pink (Crayola) (Hex: #FC80A5) (RGB: 252, 128, 165)


• Mauvelous (Crayola) (Hex: #F091A9) (RGB: 240, 145, 169)
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• Amaranth Pink (Hex: #F19CBB) (RGB: 241, 156, 187)


• Pale Amaranth Pink (Hex: #DDBEC3) (RGB: 221, 190, 195)


• Puce (Hex: #CC8899) (RGB: 204, 136, 153)


• Pale Violet Red (web color) (Hex: #DB7093) (RGB: 219, 112, 147)
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• Light Carmine Pink (Hex: #E66761) (RGB: 230, 103, 97)


• Light Coral (web color) (Hex: #F08080) (RGB: 240, 128, 128)


• Coral Pink (Hex: #F88379) (RGB: 248, 131, 121)


• Salmon (web color) (Hex: #FA8072) (RGB: 250, 128, 114)


• Light Salmon Pink (Hex: #FF9999) (RGB: 255, 153, 153)


• Salmon Pink (Crayola "Salmon") (Hex: #FF91A4) (RGB: 255, 145, 164)


• Pink-Orange (Hex: #FF9966) (RGB: 255, 153, 102)


• Coral (web color) (Hex: #FF7F50) (RGB: 255, 127, 80)


• Carnation (Hex: #F95A61) (RGB: 249, 90, 97)


• Carmine Pink (Hex: #EB4C42) (RGB: 235, 76, 66)


• Deep Carmine Pink (Hex: #EF3038) (RGB: 239, 48, 36)


• Rich Carmine (Chinese Carmine) (Hex: #D70040) (RGB: 175, 64, 53)


• Tyrian Pink (Bright Tyrian Purple) (Bright Imperial Purple) (Hex: #B80049) (RGB: 184, 0, 73)
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• Bright Amaranth Pink (Crayola Radical Red) (Hex: #FF355E) (RGB: 255, 53, 94)


• Wild Watermelon (Crayola) (Hex: #F05B78) (RGB: 253, 91, 153)


• Brink Pink (Crayola) (Hex: #FB607F) (RGB: 251, 96, 127)


• Dark Pink (web color) (Hex: #E75480) (RGB: 234, 84, 128)


• Cranberry (Crayola) - (Hex: #DB5079) (RGB: 219, 80, 127)


• French Rose (Hex: #F64A8A) (RGB: 246, 74, 138)


• Violet Red (Crayola) (Hex: #F7468A) (RGB: 247, 70, 138)


• Hot Pink (web color)(Hex: #FF69B4) (RGB: 255, 105, 180)


• Brilliant Rose (Crayola "Magenta") (Hex: #F653A6) (RGB: 246, 83, 166)


• Wild Strawberry (Crayola) - (Hex: #FF3399) (RGB: 255, 51, 153)


• Deep Pink (web color) (Hex: #FF1493) (RGB: 255, 20, 147)


• Bright Pink (Hex: #FF0080) (RGB: 255, 0, 128)


• Cerise Pink (Hex: #EC3B83) (RGB: 236, 59, 131)
  


• Cerise (Hex: #DE3163) (RGB: 218, 49, 99)
  


• Vivid Cerise (Hex: #DA1D81) (RGB: 218, 29, 129)


• Amaranth Cerise (Hex: #CD2682) (RGB: 205, 38, 130)


• Deep Cerise (Crayola Cerise) (Hex: #DA3287) (RGB: 218, 50, 135)


• Hollywood Cerise (Fashion Fuchsia) (Hex: #F400A1) (RGB: 244, 0, 161)


• Persian Rose (Hex: #FE28A2) (RGB: 254, 40, 162)


• Shocking Pink (Hex: #FC0FC0) (RGB: 252, 15, 192)


• Razzle Dazzle Rose (Crayola) (Hex: #FF33CC) (RGB: 255, 51, 204)


• Fuchsia Pink (Light Magenta) (Hex: #FF77FF) (RGB: 255, 119, 255)


• Ultra Pink (Crayola) (aka Crayola "Shocking Pink") (Hex: #FF6FFF) (RGB: 255, 111, 255)


• Pink Flamingo (Crayola) (Hex: #FF66FF) (RGB: 255, 102, 255)


• Brilliant Magenta (Hex: #FF55FF) (RGB: 255, 85, 255)


• Bright Magenta (Hex: #FF33FF) (RGB: 255, 51, 255)


• Hot Magenta (aka Purple Pizzaz) (Crayola) (Hex: #FF00CC) (RGB: 255, 0, 204)


• Amaranth Magenta (Hex: #ED3CCA) (RGB: 237, 60, 202)


• T-Mobile Magenta (Hex: #E4238E) (RGB: 228, 35, 142)

Pink in human culture

'Thinking about pink/Pink in pop culture'
'Alcoholism'

★ Seeing pink elephants is a euphemism for drunken hallucinations caused by delirium tremens. ^[10]
'Art'

★ In 1993, artist Gioia Fonda created a conceptual piece in the form of a week long holiday called ''pink week''. The intention of pink week is to liberate the color pink from all dogma and simply celebrate the color pink as a color.
'Calendars'

★ In Thailand, pink is associated with Tuesday on the Thai solar calendar. Anyone may wear pink on Tuesdays, and anyone born on a Tuesday may adopt pink as their color.
'Cartography'

★ Pink (or red) is traditionally used on maps for territory ruled by the British Empire or for members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
'Clothing'

★ ''Pink'' is a line of loungeware clothing carried by Victoria's Secret. ^[11]

★ Pink shirts are now tremendously popular throughout Western Civilization, but were not always so. They were once seen as a camp or even homosexual colour, and yet - with the adoption of the pink shirt in a variety of settings - pink shirts have now become the bench mark by which all shirts are tested. At the forefront of the "pink revolution" was a Mr. J. Lewis Ritchie LLB(hons) who is credited by many as the first to popularize the garment.
'Chromatics'

★ Pink is used to describe a range of colors (shown above), from shades of red or orange to the more popularly used shades of pink that are shades of rose or magenta.
'Cosmetics'

★ Mary Kay in 1968, Mary Kay Ash, purchased the first Pink Cadillac, which eventually became the trademark of her company.
'Film'

★ Softcore adult films in Japan are often called pink movies because the color ''cherry blossom pink'' (shown above) is associated in Japan with the vagina. ^[12]

★ The Pink Panther is a popular cartoon character.

★ Pink Cadillac was a 1989 movie starring Clint Eastwood.

★ Pink Ladies was the name of Betty Rizzo's (Stockard Channing) gang in the film, Grease (film).
'Finance'

★ Since 1893 the London ''Financial Times'' newspaper has used a distinctive salmon pink color for its newsprint, mainly as a way to distinguish itself from competitors. In other countries, the ''salmon press'' identifies economic newspapers or economics sections in "white" newspapers.
'Gender'

★ The color pink is often used to represent ''women'' (See discussion above in section on ''Pink in gender'').
'Literature'

★ In Spanish, a ''novela rosa'' ("pink novel") is a sentimental novel marketed to women.
'Music'

★ P!nk is an American singer-songwriter whose real name is Alecia Moore. ^[13]

★ "Pink" is a song by Aerosmith.

★ Pink Floyd, a British progressive rock band.

★ Pink Fairies, a British hard rock band; one of the founding members, Twink released a solo album called ''Think Pink''.

★ "Think Pink!" is a song from ''Funny Face''.

★ Pink Cadillac (song) is a 1984 humorous rockabilly song by Bruce Springsteen

★ Elvis Presley owned what is the most famous Pink Cadillac in the world

★ Japanese stoner/drone band Boris have a 2005 album called Pink.

★ Pink Lady was a Japanese female pop music duo of the late 1970s and early 1980s, featuring Mitsuyo Nemoto ("Mie") and Keiko Masuda ("Kei").

★ Pinky was a Japanese punk rock performer in the early 1990s.

★ Shocking Blue – whose name may be a gender-reversing play on ''shocking pink'' – was a Dutch rock band that was founded in the late 1960s.

★ The Pink Spiders, an American power pop band.
'Politics'

★ Pink, being a 'watered-down' red, is sometimes used in a derogatory way to describe a person with mild communist or socialist beliefs (see Pinko).

★ In maps of political parties in Portugal, pink is used to represent the Socialist Party

★ Code Pink is an anti-war organization co-founded in 2002 by anti-corporate globalization activist Medea Benjamin of the NGO Global Exchange in San Francisco. ^[14]

★ The Pink House is the residence of the President of Argentina.
'Recreation'

★ "Paint the Town Pink" a phrase that arose in the 1950s reflecting its influence on fashion and design and the popularity of pastel colors.
'Religion'

★ In Catholicism, pink (called rose by the Catholic Church) symbolizes joy and happiness. It is used for the Third Sunday of Advent and the Fourth Sunday of Lent to mark the halfway point in these seasons of penance. However, in some Protestant denominations, the pink candle is sometimes lit on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of Love.

★ Pink is the color most associated with Indian spirtual leader Meher Baba, who often were pink coats to please his closest female follower, Mehera Irani, and today pink remains an important color, symbolizing love, to Baba's followers.
'Sexuality'

★ The color pink is often used to represent ''homosexuality'' (See discussion above in section on ''Pink in sexuality'').

★ In Japan the color Cherry Blossom Pink is associated with a woman's vagina, and therefore, in Japan, softcore pornographic films are called pink movies. ^[15]
'Sonics'

★ Pink noise (), also known as 1/f noise, is a signal or process with a frequency spectrum such that the power spectral density is proportional to the reciprocal of the frequency.
'Sports'

★ Pink can mean the scarlet coat worn in fox hunting (a.k.a. "riding to hounds"). One legend about the origin of this meaning refers to a tailor named Pink (or Pinke, or Pinque).

★ The leader in the Giro d'Italia cycle race wears pink.

★ The University of Iowa's Kinnick Stadium visitors' locker room is painted pink. The decor has sparked controversy, giving the perception of sexism and homophobia. ^[16]
'Television'

★ In the TV series ''Power Rangers'' and its Japanese counterpart, ''Super Sentai'', pink is a ranger color. The pink rangers are usually the airheaded, though the '' and '', pink rangers are the smart ones of the team. They are always female, and are interchangeable with white.
'Transportation Planning (Rapid Transit)'

★ The Chicago Transit Authority recently debuted the Pink Line light rail service.

See also

★ List of colors

★ Hollywood Cerise

★ Fuchsia Pink

★ Magenta

★ Rose

★ The singer P!nk

★ Pink noise

★ Pink Panther

References

1. Varley, Helen, editor ''color'' London:1980--Marshall Editions, Ltd. ISBN 0-89535-037-8 Page 139
2. Pink Ribbon for Breast Cancer Awareness:
3. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070820/sc_nm/colour_gender_dc
4. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070820/sc_nm/colour_gender_dc
5. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12512-women-may-be-hardwired-to-prefer-pink.html
6. http://www.badscience.net/?p=518
7. ''The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals'' (1986) by Richard Plant (New Republic Books). ISBN 0-8050-0600-1.
8. Website of Pink magazine:
9. Opportunities in the Pink Economy of the United Kingdom:
10. Medline Encyclopedia: Delirium Tremens
11. Victoria's Secret Pink:
12.
★ Vital flesh: the mysterious world of Pink Eiga
13. Official site of singer Pink:
14. Code Pink: Women for Peace on the site of Global Exchange. Accessed 31 January 2007.
15. Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, , Thomas, Weisser, Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications, 1998,
16. Controversy regarding pink University of Iowa locker room:

External links

★ Google Answers – Pink, Why Feminine?

★ All About The color Pink

★ The History of Color - "Paint the Town Pink"

★ a la pink ~ everything pink

★ Pink Week: when Pink means Pink

★ Pink Junction ~ a blog of pink things