pink lemonade
- noun
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color rosa limonada
- The walls are painted a lovely shade of pink lemonade.
Examples
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For the makeup look, he blended two blushes into a subtle pink lemonade tint.
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She bought a dress in pink lemonade that matched her summer sandals perfectly.
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The interior designer chose a pink lemonade shade for the nursery to create a cheerful atmosphere.
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She chose a pink lemonade color for her bedroom curtains.
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The interior designer chose a pink lemonade shade for the nursery to create a cheerful atmosphere.
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She bought a dress in pink lemonade that matched her summer sandals perfectly.
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The walls are painted a lovely shade of pink lemonade.
Synonyms
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1.0
A light red color like the shade of many flowers
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A light pink color with a little orange in it
A pale pink color used in design and fashion
A pale warm pink colour for walls or clothes
A very light pink color that is almost white
A light pink colour that looks slightly purple
How Pink
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'pink' (a pale red color) modifying 'lemonade' (the drink), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer a pink-tinted lemonade and, by extension, a color named after that drink. The use of food/drink names as color labels is a common and predictable naming practice cross-linguistically, so the expression is transparent to learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
Pink lemonade as a colour is named after the drink because the soft pale pink looks like that sweet lemonade, so people started using the phrase to describe a pale, cheerful pink. That's why designers and stores call a gentle pink 'pink lemonade' today.