shell pink

noun

1. delicate whitish to yellow pink.

Other Words From

• shell-pink adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of shell pink¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

They were made of wax and painted a shell pink, but the rest of his face was yellow.

From The Daily Beast

See this shell pink chiffon, how lovely it would look under trees of apple blossoms.

From Project Gutenberg

The pedestal was of shell-pink marble, carved in delicate bas-relief.

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It is very lovely in this shell-pink light of early morning, it could not have looked lovelier when Sir Walter estimated it.

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Her Devon-repaired complexion was of dazzling purity, all snowy white and sea-shell pink.

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One little branch, shell-pink, took the girl's fancy; she turned it over, frankly covetous.

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