salmon pink

noun

salmon(defs 4, 5).

Origin of salmon pink

First recorded in 1880–85

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They were huge yellow roses, with long stems and crisp leaves—a kind of salmon-pink yellow.
Aunt Jane|Jennette Lee
He spied upon him going in and out of his office, and noted his salmon-pink neckties and his astonishing waistcoats.
McTeague|Frank Norris
The vociferous nightjars likewise have laid upon the bare ground their salmon-pink eggs with strawberry-coloured markings.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India|Douglas Dewar
On Sundays and feast-days they dress in shirts of the brightest colours—red, blue, yellow, and salmon-pink.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10)|James Edward Parrott

She had seemed not wholly negligible in the salmon-pink dancing frock, though of course the blonde curls had not been true.
Merton of the Movies|Harry Leon Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for salmon pink

salmon pink

noun

a yellowish-pink colour, sometimes with an orange tinge
(as adjective)a salmon-pink hat

Sometimes shortened to: salmon

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salmon pink

noun

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salmon pink

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