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Concept
Pink
Summary
Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. 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 romance. 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 21st century, pink is seen as a symbol of femininity, though this has not always been true; in the 1920s, pink was seen as a color that reflected masculinity.
Shades of pink
File:Color icon pink v2.svg|Various shades of pink
File:Dianthus.jpg|The color pink takes its name from the flowers called [[pink (flower)|pinks]], members of the genus ''[[Dianthus]]''.
File:Rosa Queen Elizabeth1ZIXIETTE.jpg|In most European languages, pink is called ''rose'' or ''rosa'', after the [[rose]] flower.
File:Cherry blossoms in the Tsutsujigaoka Park.jpg|Cherry blossoms in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. In Japanese the word for cherry blossom pink is ({{transl|ja|sakura-iro}}), and peach blossoms ({{transl|ja|momo-iro}}).
File:Greater Flamingoes (Phoenicopterus roseus) after taking off W2 IMG 9857.jpg|Greater pink [[flamingo]]es in flight over Pocharam Lake in [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.
File:Barite-Rhodochrosite-tcm01a.jpg|[[Rhodochrosite]] is one of the many pink gemstones.
The color pink is named after the flowers, pinks, flowering plants in the genus Dianthus, and derives from the frilled edge of the flowers. The verb "to pink" dates from the 14th century and means "to decorate with a perforated or punched pattern" (possibly from German picken, "to peck"). It has survived to the current day in pinking shears, hand-held scissors that cut a zig-zagged line to prevent fraying.
In many European languages other than English the color is named after another flower -- the Rose.
The color pink has been described in literature since ancient times.
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