oyster pink

British

noun

1. a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
2. ( as adjective )
  
  oyster-pink shoes

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Individual kits include shiitake, tree oyster, pink oyster, yellow oyster and lion’s mane.

From Los Angeles Times

The flat was "at home" to-day, the festive occasion indicated by the quantities of flowers which adorned it—big bowls of golden-hearted roses, tall vases of sweet peas—the creamy-yellow ones which merge into oyster pink, while the gorgeous royal scarlet of "King Edward" glowed in dusky corners.

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