Pink

For other uses, see the color.

Pink
Common connotations
female, love, male homosexuality, and bisexuality
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFC0CB
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 192, 203)
HSV (h, s, v)	(350°, 25%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(84, 39, 1°)
Source	HTML/CSS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Pink is a pale red color that was first recorded in the 17th century to describe the pale red flowers of pinks, flowering plants in the genus Dianthus. This color stands for beauty, grace and goodness. 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). The word is also used in the binomial names of several species, such as the Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus) and Catharanthus roseus.

Pale pink

Pale Pink
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FADADD
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(250, 218, 221)
HSV (h, s, v)	(354°, 13%, 98%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(90, 19, 6°)
Source	BF2S Color Guide
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

Pastel pink

Pastel Pink
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFD1DC
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 209, 220)
HSV (h, s, v)	(346°, 18%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(88, 27, 355°)
Source	BF2S Color Guide
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color Pastel pink. In Western culture, pastel pink is used to symbolize baby girls just as baby blue is often used to symbolize baby boys. See the section Pink in gender, below.

Web color pink

Web color pink
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFC0CB
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 192, 203)
HSV (h, s, v)	(350°, 25%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(84, 39, 1°)
Source	X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed web color pink.

This color is similar to the color Tamarisk, the color of the flowers of the Tamarisk plant.

Web color LightPink

Web color LightPink
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#ffb6c1
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 182, 193)
HSV (h, s, v)	(351°, 29%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(81, 46, 3°)
Source	X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color light pink, web color LightPink.

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 pink.

Cherry blossom pink

Cherry Blossom Pink
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFB7C5
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 183, 197)
HSV (h, s, v)	(348°, 28%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(81, 45, 0°)
Source	Internet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color cherry blossom pink.

Cherry blossom pink is an important color in Japanese culture. In the spring, the Japanese people gather to watch the cherry blossoms bloom during the Hanami festival. This custom has spread to the United States with the institution of the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C..

Nadeshiko pink

Nadeshiko Pink
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#F6ADC6
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(246, 173, 198)
HSV (h, s, v)	(339°, 30%, 96%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(78, 45, 349°)
Source	[1] Japanese Wikipedia
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color nadeshiko pink, called nadeshiko-iro (撫子色) in Japanese.

It is named after the carnation flower (nadeshiko 撫子).

Web color hotpink

Web color hotpink
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FF69B4
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 105, 180)
HSV (h, s, v)	(330°, 59%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(65, 95, 343°)
Source	X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

Web color deeppink

Web color deeppink
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FF1493
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 20, 147)
HSV (h, s, v)	(328°, 92%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(56, 134, 350°)
Source	X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

Dark pink

Dark Pink
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E75480
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(231, 84, 128)
HSV (h, s, v)	(342°, 64%, 91%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(57, 99, 358°)
Source	BF2S Color Guide
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

Bright pink

Bright Pink
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FF0080
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 0, 128)
HSV (h, s, v)	(330°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(55, 143, 355°)
Source	Hexcode Color Chart
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed a neutral shade of bright pink.

Shocking pink

Shocking Pink
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FC0FC0
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(252, 15, 192)
HSV (h, s, v)	(315°, 94%, 99%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(57, 124, 331°)
Source	BF2S Color Guide
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Shocking pink (also called neon pink) is bold and intense. It takes its name from the shade used on the box of the perfume called Shocking, designed by Leonor Fini for the Surrealist fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli in 1937. This in turn was inspired by the Tête de Belier (Ram's Head), a 17.27ct pink diamond from Cartier owned by heiress Daisy Fellowes, who was one of Schiaparelli's best clients.

Shocking pink kept its name in British English, 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" It is sometimes used as a slang term to refer to the female genitalia, also called the vagina. 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.

A bougainvillea with shocking pink flowers

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

Person in a pink sweatshirt knitting a pink scarf

• In Western culture, the practice of assigning pink to an individual gender began in the 1920s. From then until the 1940s, pink was considered appropriate for boys because it was the more masculine and decided color while blue was considered appropriate for girls because it was the more delicate and dainty color. Since the 1940s, the societal norm apparently inverted so that pink became appropriate for girls and blue appropriate for boys, a practice that has continued into the 21st century.
• Though the color pink has sometimes been associated with gender stereotypes, some feminists have sought to reclaim it. For example, the Swedish radical feminist party Feminist Initiative uses pink as its color.

• Pink is the color of the Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon. Pink was chosen partially because it is so strongly associated with femininity.

• It has been suggested that females prefer pink because of an evolutionary preference for reddish things like ripe fruits and healthy faces. This suggestion, however, has been criticized as unsubstantiated.

Pink in sexuality

• Whereas Jewish people were forced to wear the 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, the pink triangle is often worn with pride.
• 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. In France Pink TV is a LGBT cable channel.
• In business, the pink pound or pink dollar refers to the spending power of the GBLT communities. Advertising agencies sometimes call the gay market the pink economy.
• 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.
• In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a pink bandana means that one is into the fetish of playing with dildos. Wearing a dark pink bandana means that one is into tit torture.

Pink in human culture

Pink tulips.

Thinking about pink/Pink in pop culture

Alcoholic Beverages

• Seeing pink elephants is a euphemism for hallucinations caused by delirium tremens. The concept was used in the Disney animated film Dumbo when the title character accidentally becomes drunk and sees a parade of pink elephants.
• A pink lady is an alcoholic beverage made with gin and grenadine syrup and may include other ingredients. [2] [3] A pink squirrel is made of white creme de cacao, creme de noyaux and cream. [4]

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.
• Bubblegum Pink is an installation by the artist duo Bigert & Bergstrom which "confronted [the viewer] with three different mental climates" involving large amounts of pink. This mirrors the use of the color in American prisons to calm aggressive prisoners. It features a pink cell and a carpet worn by repetitive pacing.
• Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Surrounded Islands wrapped wooded islands in Miami's Biscayne Bay with 6,500,000 square feet (600,000 m²) of bright pink fabric. Thomas von Taschitzki has said that "the monochrome pink wrappings"..."form a counterpoint to the small green wooded islands".
• Many of Franz West's aluminium sculptures were often painted a bright pink, for example Sexualitatssymbol (Symbol of Sexuality). West has said that the pink was intended as an "outcry to nature" and has alluded to phallic associations .

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.

Clothing

• Pink is a line of loungeware clothing carried by Victoria's Secret.

Cosmetics

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

Education

• At the Miraloma Elementary School in San Francisco, California, on 6 September 2007, the principal, Ron Machado, got a pink Mohawk haircut , as he had agreed to do if the students raised the school’s Academic Performance Index by at least 55 points. They raised it by 67 points.

Film

• Pretty In Pink has the color named in the title
• 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.
• 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 and sexuality.).

Geography

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

Gun Rights

• The Pink Pistols are a gay gun rights organization in the United States and Canada.

Health

• In the pink is an English idiomatic expression for in good condition or in good health.
• Thailand's much-revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 79, left Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, wearing a pink blazer, shirt and tie, to the great confusion of HM's yellow-shirted subjects: as noted above under Calendars, pink is associated with Tuesday on the Thai solar calendar, while yellow is associated with Monday, the day on which HM was born. The English phrase in the pink is largely unknown. Coverage by the Bangkok Post noted that "Thais believe that pink is an auspicious colour for those who were born in the Year of the Rabbit ...[and] the King..."was born under that sign." Whatever the reason for HM's choice, it has caused an upsurge in the sale of pink shirts (published on November 9, 2007).

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.
• "Pink" is a song by Aerosmith.
• Under The Pink is an album by Tori Amos.
• Pink Floyd is a British progressive rock band.
  • Pink Anderson, an American blues musician who served as part of the inspiration for the name of Pink Floyd.
• Pink Fairies is 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.
• The Flaming Lips, an alternative/psychedelic band, produced the album Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots.

Parapsychology

• It has been asserted that people with pink auras are those who strongly desire romantic relationships.

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.
• The Pink House is the residence of the President of Argentina.
• 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.
• The term pink revolution may be used to refer to the overthrow of President Askar Akayev and his government in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after the parliamentary elections of February 27 and of March 13 2005, although it is more commonly called the tulip revolution.

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.
• The Invisible Pink Unicorn is the goddess of a parody religion, a rhetorical tool intended to satirize the contradictory properties often attributed to deities.

Sexuality

• Pink (especially Hot Pink) is often used to represent homosexuality (See discussion above in section on Pink in gender and sexuality.).

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 a pink jersey (maglia rosa); this reflects the distinctive pink-colored newsprint of the sponsoring Italian La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.
• The University of Iowa's Kinnick Stadium visitors' locker room is painted pink. The decor has sparked controversy, perceived by some people as suggesting sexism and homophobia.

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 Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy and Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive, pink rangers are the smart ones of the team. They are always female, and are interchangeable with white.

Toys

• Mattel's Barbie line often displays pink prominently on packaging and other goods.

Transportation Planning

• The Chicago Transit Authority recently debuted the Pink Line light rail service.
• In the London Underground system, Hammersmith & City Line, running from Hammersmith to Barking is assigned the color pink on the tube map.

Other

• Pink is one of the colors in MMDA, the other one is blue. Also, pink was painted in the streets of Manila.

See also

• List of colors
• Hollywood Cerise
• Fuchsia Pink
• Magenta
• Rose
• Pink (singer)
• Pink noise
• Pink Panther

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 Junction ~ a blog of pink things