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Pink is a pale red color, which takes its name from the flower of the same name.〔''Shorter Oxford English Dictionary'', 5th Edition, Oxford University Press.〕〔''Webster New World Dictionary'', Third College Edition: "Any of a genus (''Dianthus'') of annual and perennial plants of the pink family with white, pink or red flowers.; its pale red color."〕 According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with love, beauty, charm, politeness, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, childhood, femininity, and the romantic. When combined with violet or black, it is associated with eroticism and seduction.〔Heller, Eva: ''Psychologie de la couleur – effets et symboliques'', pp. 179-184〕 Pink was first used as a color name in the late 17th century.〔"pink, ''n.''⁵ and ''adj.''²", Oxford English Dictionary Online〕 == In nature and culture == File:Dianthus.jpg|The color pink takes its name from the flowers called pinks, members of the genus Dianthus. File:Rosa Queen Elizabeth1ZIXIETTE.jpg|In most European languages, pink is called rose or rosa, after the rose flower. File:Cherry blossoms in the Tsutsujigaoka Park.jpg|Cherry blossoms in Senai, Miyagi, Japan. The Japanese language has different words for the pink of cherry blossoms (''sakura-iro''), and peach blossoms (''momo-iro''). Recently the word ''pinku'' has also become popular. File:Greater Flamingoes (Phoenicopterus roseus) in flight W IMG 0081.jpg|Pink is often associated with the exotic. Greater flamingoes in flight over Pocharam Lake in Andhra Pradesh, India. File:Pink 1963 Cadillac.jpg|Pink is sometimes associated with extravagance and a wish to be noticed. A 1963 pink Cadillac. File:Pink gothlolita.jpg|Pink and white together symbolize youth, tenderness and innocence. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「pink」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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