Salmon pink 1989351 211327070 2008-05-09T20:14:00Z Smile a While 1475039 crisper wording {{color swatch|#FF91A4|Salmon Pink (<tt>#FF91A4</tt>)|right}} The color ''salmon pink'' comes in two shades, ''light salmon pink'' and ''salmon pink''. {{-}} ==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. {{-}} ==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. {{-}} == 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]]