What is the origin of the word 'pink'?

Answer 1

Not precisely an etymology but some slang-ology. Pink as a color is standard, not slang. By the way, it was the Waffenfarb or color of arm of service (no equivalent Usd concept currently) in the German Army and AF for the Corps of Engineers, who wore a Pink collar patch with the rank insignia within. In American political slang,. Pink, often in parlor pink- stems from the years of the Russian Revolution. the leading political parties were of course the Reds or communists, and the Whites or Czarists or Royalists. Officially there was no middle ground, but get out the paint brushes and red and white mixed yield-Pink! Anastasia wears a PINK empire gown in some of the Paris (post revolution) scenes in her l997 Cartoon film- politically correct! Parlor Piks were in effect (Living-room communists) or those with mildly leftist views but not interested in the more extreme demands of communism such as the attacks on religion. so for equal time, it"s Pink. It is possible that the art directors had that in mind. Pink also equals feminine, as in Mansfield"s Pink Palace and the book Pink Line about European aviatrixes, a pun on the Red Line of a speedometer! There you have it.