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> sometimes light blue and dark blue are two different colours I believe it's so in russian > some languages consider pink to just be lighter red This is int

> sometimes light blue and dark blue are two different colours I believe it's so in russian > some languages consider pink to just be lighter red This is interesting. Here in the UK pink is generally described and accepted as light red, but I've always considered it to be a separate colour, and I met someone who mentioned he though the same, so it's not just me. There's light red but to my eyes that is qualitatively different to this https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/shocking-pink?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiU0O2n96rlAhVISsAKHen8ALMQ9QEwAHoECAUQBA https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/shock... Any other views? Perhaps someone with knowledge of chromatics can better resolve the question. thanks

didgeoridoo 7y ago
You’re articulating the difference between “pink” (a red tint, i.e. red mixed with white) and “hot pink” or “magenta”, the fully-saturated midpoint between red and purple.
- tempguy9999 7y ago
  Well that's interesting. I can see that now. But looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_pink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_pink it appears to lump your magenta (red/purple) into the same category as red/white. So really we've got 2 categories with the same name of 'pink'? 2 different things?
  - didgeoridoo 7y ago
    Here’s a more comprehensive, if somewhat convoluted, explanation: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-pink-and-magenta https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-pink-an... “Pink and magenta have the same hue. What distinction there is to be found between magenta and pink lies along other axes than that of hue [i.e. saturation and value]. All pinks are magenta and all magentas are purple, and by extension, pink is a purple. However, it does not work the other direction: it does not mean that all purples are magenta nor that all magentas are pink, let alone that all purples are pink.” (Visit the link for a more detailed picture of the differences)

didgeoridoo 7y ago

You’re articulating the difference between “pink” (a red tint, i.e. red mixed with white) and “hot pink” or “magenta”, the fully-saturated midpoint between red and purple.

tempguy9999 7y ago
Well that's interesting. I can see that now. But looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_pink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_pink it appears to lump your magenta (red/purple) into the same category as red/white. So really we've got 2 categories with the same name of 'pink'? 2 different things?
- didgeoridoo 7y ago
  Here’s a more comprehensive, if somewhat convoluted, explanation: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-pink-and-magenta https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-pink-an... “Pink and magenta have the same hue. What distinction there is to be found between magenta and pink lies along other axes than that of hue [i.e. saturation and value]. All pinks are magenta and all magentas are purple, and by extension, pink is a purple. However, it does not work the other direction: it does not mean that all purples are magenta nor that all magentas are pink, let alone that all purples are pink.” (Visit the link for a more detailed picture of the differences)