Pink is a Fake!Because it does not appear on the colour spectrum! The word pink was first used to describe colour in the 1600’s to name the light red flowers in the dianthus family as ‘pinks’ a close relative of carnations. However, light red is not pink as pink has a bit less green in the colour mix, pink is a fake or more commonly called a combined colour incorporating two different wavelengths of light from the colour spectrum that the receptor cones in our eyes perceive as one colour.

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