salmon pink

noun

1. salmon ( defs 4, 5 ).

salmon pink

noun

1. Sometimes shortened tosalmon
   1. a yellowish-pink colour, sometimes with an orange tinge
   2. ( as adjective )

      a salmon-pink hat

Word History and Origins

Origin of salmon pink¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The vociferous nightjars likewise have laid upon the bare ground their salmon-pink eggs with strawberry-coloured markings.

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Of all the varieties, my favorites are the snowy white, and the salmon-pink with the dark red eye.

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A gentle afterglow of salmon-pink rested over the palace and city; the forest turned to a frame of smoky, brownish black.

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The colour ranged at first from light heliotrope to flatman's blue, but later was standardized as salmon pink.

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She stood near the window, in the pale band of brightness, arranging some salmon-pink geraniums in a shallow porcelain bowl.

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