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grayish-pink

grayish-pink

3.6
A soft pink colour mixed with grey
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡreɪɪʃ pɪŋk/
  • US
translation icon : rosado grisáceo
  • The flowers in the garden bloomed in shades of grayish-pink, adding a serene touch.

Examples

  • The sky turned a beautiful grayish-pink as the sun began to set.

  • 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
8 1.0

A light red color that looks slightly pale

is a more muted, dulled version with reduced brightness
rose-tinted
vsgrayish-pink
1 4.6

Having a light pink color

is cooler and less bright due to a dulling influence
pink-tinged
vsgrayish-pink
1 3.5

A thing that has a small amount of pink in its color

is more muted and subdued because of a dulling influence
gray-pink
vsgrayish-pink
  • US
4.2

A light pink color mixed with gray

is the descriptive form used to say something has that muted hue

How Pink

pink
43 1.0
grayish-pink
  • US
3.6
pink-tinged
1 3.5
gray
  • US
321 1.0

Surface Forms

grayish-pink positive

Morphology

grayish-pink = grayish + pink (transparent) = grayish + pink

Built as a hyphenated combination of 'grayish' and 'pink'; learners familiar with both components can infer a pink colour tinged with gray.

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.