shell pink
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of shell pink
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Nearby is the miniature Joanne Pring, which opens a rosy pink that fades to a shell pink.
From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2021
Save for some dangling black lampshade tassels on Laura Dern’s shell pink Armani Privé, and what looked like small shrubberies on Sandra Oh’s shoulders courtesy of Elie Saab, the decorative froufrou had been streamlined.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2020
Silk jacquards in blurs of shell pink or aqua green echo the idea.
From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2013
The sky was lit with shell pink and lilac and a scribble of bright salmon on the underside of the clouds like handwriting.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2013
Miss Tynmore flushed a shell pink and spoke proudly.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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