Colours of textiles and dress
Dyed, woven, printed and worn.
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Pink
A light tint of red, named after the pink flower and used in art, fashion, and cultureBasic colour
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Magenta
A purplish-pink colour named after a battle and key to modern printingNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France +4
Pink and magenta
Basic fuchsine
A magenta dye used in biology and textile staining since the 19th centuryPigment
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Baker-Miller Pink
A strong pink once used in prisons and sports to try to calm aggressionNamed shade · 🇨🇭 Switzerland +1
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Cyclamen
A pinkish flower colour named after the Cyclamen plantNamed shade
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Mexican pinkrosa mexicano
A vivid purplish pink seen throughout Mexican art and traditionNamed shade · 🇲🇽 Mexico
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Lusty gallant
A pale pink shade named after a Tudor dance in 16th-century EnglandNamed shade
Pink and magenta
D&C Red 7
A synthetic red pigment widely used in printing and food colouringPigment
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Cherry blossom pink
A soft pink inspired by cherry tree blossoms, cherished in Japan and beyondNamed shade · 🇯🇵 Japan +2
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Raspberry glacé
A medium raspberry shade known from the Plochere Color SystemNamed shade
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Cyclamen: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Magenta: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mexican pink: Mark Mitchell, CC BY 2.0, source
- Basic fuchsine: LHcheM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pink: Gabriela Ruellan, CC0, source