shell pink

noun

1. delicate whitish to yellow pink.

Other Word Forms

• shell-pink adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of shell pink¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Hong Chau, of “The Whale,” asked Prada to add a mandarin collar to her shell pink gown to represent, she said, her roots.

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There was a lot of black and gray, shot through with bursts of color: magenta, lime green, egg yolk yellow, shell pink.

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In the living room, whose wide bay window peers onto a sea of untamed gardens to the south, he chose a grayish blush that ripens into a rosy shell pink at twilight; for the compact jewel-box library, a deep Prussian blue; and for the generously sized bedroom, whose shuttered windows face the quiet tree-lined street below, a comforting shade of clotted cream.

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At the end, the models appeared barefoot, in matching silk dresses in shades of cream, from ivory to gold to shell pink, like a host of angels, come to earth.

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Nearby is the miniature Joanne Pring, which opens a rosy pink that fades to a shell pink.

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