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10	[[quoteright:350:[[Creator/LawrenceAlmaTadema https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/almatadema_roses.png]]]]
11	[[caption-width-right:350:[-''The Roses of Heliogabalus'' (detail), Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1888)-]]]
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13	->''"Too much pink energy is dangerous!"''
14	-->--'''Zordon''', ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''
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16	Variously defined as a lighter shade of red or a hue between red and purple known as magenta, [[pink:pink]] has become a fundamental color term in the English language. The symbolic use of pink is ubiquitous in modern culture, but many of its most deeply-ingrained meanings in the West are not even OlderThanSteam. Pink, this past century, has usually been associated with femininity (especially young girls), romance, love, and cuteness. Prior to the 1940's however, pink was largely seen as a [[RealMenWearPink masculine]] color due to it being a shade of red. In UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese culture, it is the color of blossoming cherry trees, and as such associated with springtime and rebirth, but also death.
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18	In German, Russian, and the Romance languages, ''[[SomethingAboutARose rose]]'' is used as a color term for pink, as ancient and medieval portrayals of wild roses were often colored pink, and it's the oldest color that's cultivated. "Pink" in English is named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianthus_plumarius a type of carnation]], while Japanese, despite the prevalence of pink {{cherry blossoms}}, use "''momo-iro''", named after pink peach blossoms.
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20	If you were looking for the pop singer P!nk, her page is [[Music/{{Pink}} here]].
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23	!!Tropes
24	[[index]]
25	* CheeryPink: When a character is or wears pink to symbolize their cheerfulness.
26	* CherryBlossoms: Pink cherry blossom petals means Japan and its symbolisms.
27	** CherryBlossomGirl: A character whose name and FlowerMotif is the cherry blossom.
28	* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Boys wearing blue and girls wearing pink.
29	* PinkHeroine: The color pink associated with superheroines.
30	* PinkIsErotic: When pink is used to highlight the act of sex and to symbolise perversion, sensuality, and sex appeal.
31	* PinkIsForSissies: The idea that a male character, when wearing pink, actively manages to lose a great deal of his more masculine qualities or is accused of being gay (where RealMenWearPink, which ''sounds'' like such a trope, can be taken literally).
32	* PinkMeansFeminine: The color pink associated with femininity.
33	* PinkProductPloy: Making a product marketed towards girls or women pink.
34	* PrincessesPreferPink: When princesses wear pink.
35	* PsychoPink: Pink-themed character or object turns out to be psychotic or dangerous.
36	* RealMenWearPink: (not necessarily) Males who wear shades of pink as sign of masculinity.
37	* RoseHairedSweetie: When a girl or woman with pink hair has a sweet and cheerful personality to match.
38	[[/index]]

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