grayish-pink
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A soft pink colour mixed with grey
- adjective
- /ˈɡreɪɪʃ pɪŋk/
- US
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rosado grisáceo
- The flowers in the garden bloomed in shades of grayish-pink, adding a serene touch.
Examples
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The sky turned a beautiful grayish-pink as the sun began to set.
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The exhumation party met at Greenhill Cemetery at six-thirty, just as the day was turning a grayish pink along the horizon.
Fiction book (1996) -
She painted her bedroom walls a soft grayish-pink to create a calming atmosphere.
Synonyms
pinkish
vsgrayish-pink
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1.0
A light red color that looks slightly pale
is a more muted, dulled version with reduced brightness
rose-tinted
vsgrayish-pink
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Having a light pink color
is cooler and less bright due to a dulling influence
pink-tinged
vsgrayish-pink
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A thing that has a small amount of pink in its color
is more muted and subdued because of a dulling influence
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A light pink color mixed with gray
is the descriptive form used to say something has that muted hue
How Pink
Surface Forms
grayish-pink positive
Morphology
Etymology
Grayish-pink is made from gray, -ish, and pink, where -ish means 'somewhat' or 'like' and pink is the familiar color named after the small flower. So grayish-pink means a pink color 'tinged with grey' or a softer, muted pink.