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Color:
Baby pink


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Colors with the same hue:
Sooty Black
Eclipse
Royal red
Cordovan
Rich carmine
Carbon
English red
Brick red
Amaranth
Grapefruit
Old rose
Rosy
Tuscany
Tulip
Pastel pink
Light Rose
Pale Coral
Light red
Petal
Tooth
Similar colors:
Light Rose
Light red
Pale Coral
Pale chestnut
Soft Rose
Pastel pink
Mellow Gold
Melon
Pale pink
Pink
Light Pink
Petal
Gentle Rose
Tuscany
Soft Pink
Rosy
Faint Blush
Taffy
Faded Rose
Tooth
Old rose
Gentle Pink
Delicate Coral
Puce
Soft Peach
Burnished brown
Patchouli
Turkish rose
Tulip
Flamingo
Words evoked by this color:
heartwarming,  rosenblatt,  rosenberg,  antoinette,  millennial,  millennials,  millie,  popularized,  trend,  chicle,  gushy,  giggled,  teased,  lollygag,  perky,  kidding,  giddy,  giggle,  giggling,  tickling,  playfully,  silly,  humorously,  comical,  laughable,  humorous,  ping,  boop,  bub,  puerile,  chubby,  squishy,  teeny,  squish,  inflated,  chitchat,  teasing,  flippant,  squealing,  bop,  chew,  squeak,  jiggle,  lick,  licking,  licked,  yummy,  ticked,  sayonara,  haiku
Literary analysis:
In literature, baby pink is often employed as a delicate and evocative color that enhances the visual and emotional texture of a scene. For instance, in one work the phrase "baby pink face" is used to describe a Highlander, blending an unexpected softness into an otherwise formidable presence [1]. Elsewhere, a character is noted as a "lady in baby pink," where the hue underscores her elegance and sharp features [2]. The color also appears in unexpected contexts, such as when a bronze statue is finished in a "beautiful baby pink," infusing it with warmth and whimsy that subverts traditional material associations [3]. Finally, in poetry, the "little baby pink ones" evoke the tender beauty of flowers, reinforcing the idea of gentle, fleeting delight [4].
  1. Out of the army came slowly and ponderously the huge Highlander, with the "baby pink face" and the rumbling gong of a voice.
    — from The Masques of Ottawa by Augustus Bridle
  2. "This one—lady in baby pink, sharp face," said Estelle Monks.
    — from The Salamander by Owen Johnson
  3. “Oh, I can just see the faculty when they file past the bronze statue, done to a beautiful baby pink!
    — from Those Smith Boys on the Diamond; or, Nip and Tuck for Victory by Howard Roger Garis
  4. Some have deep red velvet petals, Some again are snowy white; And the little baby pink ones, Surely give you such delight.
    — from Our Boys, and Other Poems by Alan L. Strang

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