salmon pink

noun

Nearby words

salmi, salmis, salmon, salmon brick, salmon ladder, salmon pink, salmon river mountains, salmon trout, salmon wheel, salmonberry, salmond

Origin of salmon pink

First recorded in 1880–85

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Examples from the Web for salmon pink

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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British Dictionary definitions for salmon pink

salmon pink

noun