shell pink

noun

delicate whitish to yellow pink.

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Origin of shell pink

First recorded in 1885–90

OTHER WORDS FROM shell pink

shell-pink, adjective

Words nearby shell pink

shell company, shell game, shell gland, shell jacket, shell out, shell pink, shell program, shell shock, shell star, shell steak, shell suit

Example sentences from the Web for shell pink

A wood of maples and poplars 71 is almost a pink-and-white wood; shell-pink, and palest, most silvery-and-creamy gray.
A Northern Countryside|Rosalind Richards
He did not look at her, but he knew that a shell-pink wave had washed into the wan face.
Oh, You Tex!|William Macleod Raine
All the plants I found were freestone types, and according to the natives they all have shell-pink flowers.
The Peaches of New York|U. P. Hedrick
One little branch, shell-pink, took the girl's fancy; she turned it over, frankly covetous.
The Unknown Sea|Clemence Housman

She laid the shell-pink bud against her cheek that matched it, smiling with wise sweetness to herself.
The Fighting Chance|Robert W. Chambers

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