Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red.
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16 Facts About Pink
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Pink was not a common color in the fashion of the Middle Ages; nobles usually preferred brighter reds, such as crimson.
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Pink's had a special pink tint created for her by the Sevres porcelain factory.
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Pink had become a popular color throughout Europe by the late 18th century.
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Pink was seen as a masculine color, while girls often wore white and blue.
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Pink's launched a perfume called Shocking, sold in a bottle in the shape of a woman's torso, said to be modelled on that of Mae West.
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Pink combined with black or violet is associated with seduction.
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Pink lipstick is thought to attract attention and harmonize with flesh colors, clothes, and fashion accessories.
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Pink is one of the most common colors of flowers; it serves to attract the insects and birds necessary for pollination and perhaps to deter predators.
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Pink was the favorite color of only two percent of respondents.
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Pink is one of the few colors to be strongly associated with a particular aroma, that of roses.
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Pink is the color most commonly associated with sweet tastes.
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Pink is often used as a symbolic color by groups involved in issues important to women, as well as to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
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Pink ribbon has been a symbol of breast cancer awareness since 1991.
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Pink is used for the newsprint paper of several important newspapers devoted to business and sports, and the color is connected with the press aimed at the gay community.
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