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pink-purple

pink-purple

2.2
A purple color with a little pink
  • adjective
translation icon : rosado-púrpura
  • Wow, that dress is such a vibrant pink-purple!

Examples

  • The sunset was painted with streaks of pink-purple light across the sky.

  • The artist mixed red and blue to create a vibrant pink-purple hue.

  • She wore a lovely pink-purple dress to the wedding.

  • The sky turned a beautiful pink-purple at sunset.

  • The artist chose a pink-purple paint to capture the sunset's colors.

  • I wore a dress that was a beautiful pink-purple, perfect for the spring occasion.

  • The flowers in the garden bloom in a striking pink-purple hue during the summer.

Synonyms

pinkish-lavender
vspink-purple
3.7

A light purple with a soft pink tinge

is broader, referring to a general floral base rather than a specific lavender hue
pink-lavender
vspink-purple
4.8

A light purple color with a soft pink tint

is the same but applies to a wider floral base with clearer rosy tone

How Pink

magenta
3.7
fuchsia
11 6.4
pink-purple
2.2
purple
229 1.0
lavender
2.4

Surface Forms

pink-purple positive

Morphology

pink-purple = pink + purple (transparent) = pink + purple

The hyphenated combination directly names a colour that blends or is primarily purple with noticeable pink, which is transparent to learners.

Etymology

Pink-purple is simply a joining of the two color words pink and purple. The word pink comes from the name of a small flower and means 'light red', and purple comes from an old word for a rich dye meaning 'deep red-purple', so pink-purple means a color that mixes both pink and purple.