Pink

The use of the word pink as a color first occurred in the 17th century to describe the light red flowers of pinks. The color pink itself is a combination of red and white. (From Wikipedia)


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15 Responses to “Pink”
  1. SnoopyTheGoon Says:

    Thanks for the tip on pink. Happy weekend.

  2. Amy Says:

    Interesting history. Unfortunately no picture is showing up!

  3. Dragonheart Says:

    Those are beautiful roses! Just lovely. :)

    My pink photo.

  4. Heather Says:

    That is beautiful.

  5. reformed grits Says:

    Beautiful! I’m so thankful for pink! My favorite color! Makes me happy :)

  6. ?Shabem-®? Says:

    So beautiful! Perfectly captured.

  7. Andrée Says:

    I like the knowledge you gave us. The photo is so very lovely. Now I’m wondering where the word “pink” itself came from!

  8. tegdirb92 Says:

    beautiful pink flowers!! Have a great Saturday.

  9. sammawow-china cat-willow Says:

    What lovely pink flowers and the interesting history too!

  10. Cindy Says:

    Nice blog you have here!

  11. Joyismygoal Says:

    Wow gogeous

  12. Patricia Says:

    Lovely roses, Mama Archer! Thanks again, for stopping by Pollywog Creek again this week! Hope your weekend is perfectly delightful.

  13. Sue Says:

    Such pretty roses. Love the pink accents!

  14. Caroline Says:

    Those roses sure are pretty.

  15. amy Says:

    These are sooo pretty. I love your blog. The catechism info brought back childhood memories