shades of pink

The pale end of red, roughly 331° to 344°, defined more by low saturation than by hue.

The shade ramp

Same hue and saturation, brightness falling from near-white to near-black. This is what most people mean by “shades of pink”.

#F5367C

#DC306F

#C32B63

#AA2556

#912049

#781A3D

#5F1530

#460F24

#2D0A17

#14040A

Brightness ramp at hue 338°, saturation 78%.

The tint ramp

Same hue and brightness, saturation climbing from almost gray to full strength. Saturation is the channel players misjudge most often, because a washed-out pink and a vivid one carry the same name.

#EBD8DF

#EBC0D0

#EBA8C0

#EB90B1

#EB78A2

#EB6093

#EB4884

#EB3074

#EB1865

#EB0056

Saturation ramp at hue 338°, brightness 92%.

Across the range

Everything the eye files under pink, sampled from 331° to 344°. Two colors at opposite ends of this strip still share one word.

#E02881

#E0287D

#E02878

#E02874

#E02870

#E0286B

#E02867

#E02862

#E0285E

#E02859

Hue sweep from 331° to 344°.

Named pinks

Rose#FF007F
Blush#DE5D83
Salmon#FA8072
Fuchsia pink#FF77FF
Dusty rose#DCAE96

Why pink is hard to remember

Pink is not a hue so much as a brightness and saturation condition of red, which is exactly why it trips people up. Asked to rebuild a pink, most players get the hue close and the saturation badly wrong.

Off Colors shows you a color for five seconds and asks you to rebuild it. It tells you which channel you missed and by how much.

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