shell pink
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noun
delicate whitish to yellow pink.
Origin of shell pink
First recorded in 1885–90
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Historical Examples of shell pink
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
The pedestal was of shell-pink marble, carved in delicate bas-relief.
Fairfax and His PrideMarie Van Vorst
A shell-pink tinge crept into the milky skin of the Irish girl.
The Yukon TrailWilliam MacLeod Raine
Arrayed in a shell-pink kimono, she was having her nails manicured.
Miss Mink's Soldier and Other StoriesAlice Hegan Rice
It is very lovely in this shell-pink light of early morning, it could not have looked lovelier when Sir Walter estimated it.
The Spell of ScotlandKeith Clark