facts about color pink

1. The color pink takes its name from the flower called a pink…

2. Why the flower was called a pink is unclear. The Oxford Dictionary suggests it may be linked with the use of ‘pink’ for a small, half-closed eye.

3. The singer/songwriter P!nk (pronounced Pink) was born Alecia Beth Moore and took her name from Mr Pink in the film Reservoir Dogs.

4. Romeo And Juliet and Antony And Cleopatra are Shakespeare’s only plays using the word ‘pink’.

5. In 1989, Pink Floyd’s album Delicate Sound Of Thunder was the first rock record played in space.

6. In 1989, police in Huddersfield reported that research had shown that violent criminals could be calmed down by putting them in pink cells.

7. Adélie penguins have pink feet; Gentoo penguins have pink poo.

8. The composer Richard Wagner liked to wear pink silk underwear.

9. In 2013 a diamond called Pink Star sold for £52million, a record price for a gemstone.

10. A pink ribbon is the international symbol for breast cancer awareness and October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the UK