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When I was young I was taught that pink is a light shade of red. But what kids these days call pink seems to me to be a bright magenta.

The word "pink" is derived from a name this flower had about 600 years ago:

So however you see that flower, that's the literal pink prototype.

And the flower is named for its "cutmarks" on its petal edges, which resemble pinking on cut fabric.

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