pinkish

[ ping-kish ]

/ ˈpɪŋ kɪʃ /

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adjective

somewhat pink: The sky at sunset has a pinkish glow.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of pinkish

First recorded in 1775–85; pink¹ + -ish¹

It comes in three colors, including the familiar silver and space gray as well as a pinkish gold color that makes it stand out from its bigger siblings.
MacBook Air vs. Pro: Which Apple laptop is right for you?|Stan Horaczek|February 11, 2022|Popular-Science
The area’s climate and fertile soils are perfect for growing crops such as tea, coffee, plums, avocados, and a sweet pinkish-red fruit called lychee.
Zimbabwe’s climate migration is a sign of what’s to come|Andrew Mambondiyani|December 17, 2021|MIT Technology Review
This one has a pinkish hue to help it fade into the forest floor.
Inflatable tentacles and silk hats: See how caterpillars trick predators to survive|Erin Fennessy|October 29, 2021|Popular-Science
Surgeons in New York City successfully attached a pig kidney to a human patient and watched the pinkish organ function normally for 54 hours.
What does the first successful test of a pig-to-human kidney transplant mean?|Jonathan Lambert|October 22, 2021|Science News

The mysterious chemical, which produces a pinkish-magenta substance when dried, wasn’t mentioned in published descriptions of tire rubber or contaminated waters.
Salmon are dying off and your car tires might be to blame|Kate Baggaley|December 4, 2020|Popular-Science
People with a single pinkish eye may have a physical irritation—an eyelash, a piece of grit—that causes tearing and inflammation.
Everything You Wanted To Know About Bob Costas’s Olympic Pinkeye|Kent Sepkowitz|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For Mrs. Robin had an end of a pinkish-white worm in her bill, on which she was tugging as hard as she could.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
To begin with, the bar was of pinkish sandstone, smoothed and covered by a coating of plastic.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
For a few moments - 167 -the sun bathes the great garden in a pinkish glow, then drops slowly, a blood-red disk, behind the trees.
The Real Latin Quarter|F. Berkeley Smith
He saw a nose and a little, knobby chin and a bit of pinkish forehead with the pale yellow of hair above.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower
The kitten, with the greed of its kind, devoured the cream, covering its small nose and whiskers with a pinkish film.
The Medici Boots|Pearl Norton Swet