Salmon pink
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{{color swatch|#FF91A4|Salmon Pink (<tt>#FF91A4</tt>)|right}}
The color ''salmon pink'' comes in two shades, ''light salmon pink'' and ''salmon pink''.
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==Light Salmon Pink==
{{infobox color|
title= Light Salmon Pink|
hex= FF9999|
r=255|g=153|b=153|
c= 32|m=0|y=41|k= 4|
h= 0|s= 40|v= 100
}}
'''Light salmon pink''' is a light [[pink]] color that resembles the color [[Salmon (color)|Salmon]]. The name is derived from the flesh color of the [[pink salmon]].
The nutrient that imparts the pink flesh color is [[astaxanthin]], that salmon ingest when they feed on other marine organisms, such as [[krill]] and small [[shrimp]]. It has become a running joke that when a male wears clothing that is pale pink (usually bought by a female loved one) to emphatically insist "It's not pink, it's salmon!" [http://www.nakedandangry.com/pattern/1719/That_s_Not_Pink,_It_s_Salmon]
It is the paper color of the ''[[Financial Times]]''. Some other business newspapers around the world have copied the ''Financial Times'' in using this color, or a similar color.
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==Salmon Pink==
{{infobox color|
title= Salmon Pink|
hex= FF91A4|
r=255|g=145|b=164|
c= 0|m= 54|y= 42|k= 0|
h= 14|s= 62|v=100
|source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola]]}}
The color '''salmon pink''' is displayed at right.
This is the color called ''salmon'' in [[Crayola]] crayons.
This color was introduced by Crayola in [[1949]]. See the [[List of Crayola crayon colors]]. The color is also one of the official colors of [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] Sorority, Incorporated.
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== See also ==
* [[Salmon (color)|Salmon]] (color)
* [[List of colors]]
* [[Pink salmon]]
{{shades of pink|salmon pink}}
[[Category:Shades of pink]]
[[fr:Saumon (couleur)]]
[[ja:サーモンピンク]]