Color Names

Hollyhock Pink

Dusty petals from a tall, old-fashioned flower that blooms by the garden gate.

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Hollyhock Pink is a warm pink, close to mauve.

It can be described as warm, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Hollyhock Pink

Alcea

Alcea is a genus of over 80 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, commonly known as the hollyhocks. They are native to Asia and Europe. The single species of hollyhock from the Americas, the streambank wild hollyhock, belongs to a different genus.

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Pink

Pink is a pale tint of red or rose, the color of the pink flower. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. A combination of pink and white is associated with innocence, whereas a combination of pink and black links to eroticism and seduction.

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hollyhock

Noun

  1. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family.
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pink

Noun

  1. A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
  2. Magenta, the colour evoked by red and blue light when combined.

Adjective

  1. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
  2. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
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