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		wdutch 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NIST scientists create 'any wavelength' lasers When I was young I was taught that pink is a light shade of red. But what kids these days call pink seems to me to be a bright magenta.

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dotancohen 5 days ago [–]

The word "pink" is derived from a name this flower had about 600 years ago:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Dianthus...

So however you see that flower, that's the literal pink prototype.

IAmBroom 3 days ago | [–]

And the flower is named for its "cutmarks" on its petal edges, which resemble pinking on cut fabric.

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