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Shopping on line can be easy, simple and save you lots of money. It can also take a lot of your time, frustrate you, and result in unwanted purchases. Now the same can be said for regular high street shopping, but with the vast opportunity presented by the Internet it will pay you to spend a few minutes reading this and understanding how to better optimize your Pink shopping experience:

1. Compare - without doubt the biggest advantage that the Pink offers shoppers today is the ability to compare thousands of Pink at a time. This is a great thing, but not necessarily all the time! Too much can be daunting at times so take advantage of the great comparison sites and where possible let them do the hard work for you.

2. Research - if it has been said it will be on the internet. Ignorance is no longer a justifiable reason for buying the wrong thing. Take the time to research in detail everything that you could possible want to know about

3. Testimonials - don't know anybody that has bought a Pink? Wrong! If the Pink is good the internet will let you know. Use the Internet as a friend and get testimonials before you buy.

4. Questions - Got a question about Pink then search the Forums, FAQ's, Blogs etc. Don't be afraid to ask .....

5. Reputation - Never heard of the company selling Pink? Don't worry, no reason why you should know every company in the world, but you know someone that does! Use the internet to find out what people are saying about Pink and build up a picture of their reputation for sales, returns, customer service, delivery etc.

6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your Pink wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.

7. Feedback - happy with your Pink then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.

8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the Pink site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site

9. Contact - got a question about Pink, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.

10. Payment - ready to pay for your Pink, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.

The use of the word pink as a color first occurred in the 17th century to describe the light red flowers of Dianthus, flowering plants in the genus Dianthus. The color pink itself is a combination of red and white. Other tints of pink may be combinations of rose (color) and white, magenta and white, or orange (colour) and white.

Roseus is a Latin word meaning "Rose (color)" or "pink." Lucretius used the word to describe the dawn in his Epic poetry On the Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura). The word is also used in the Binomial nomenclature of several species, such as the Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus) and Catharanthus roseus.s.

Pale pink {{infobox color|title=Pale Pink|hex=FADADD|r=250|g=218|b=221| c=0|m= 13|y=12|k=2| h=354|s=13|v=98 |source= BF2S Color Guide-->

At right is displayed the color pale pink, a light, desaturated shade of pink.

Pastel pink {{infobox color|title=Pastel Pink|hex=FFD1DC|r=255|g=209|b=220| c=0|m= 18|y=14|k=0| h=346|s=18|v=97 |source= BF2S Color Guide-->At right is displayed the color Pastel pink. Pastel Pink is used to symbolize baby girls just as baby blue is often used to symbolize baby boys.

Web color pink {{infobox color|title=Web color pink|hex=FFC0CB|r=255|g=192|b=203| h=350|s=100|v=88 |source=Web colors#X11 color list-->

At right is displayed web color pink.

This color is identical to the color Tamarisk (colour), the color of the flowers of the Tamarisk plant.

Web color lightpink (medium pink) {{infobox color|title=Web color lightpink|hex=ffb6c1|r=255|g=182|b= 193| h=351|s=100|v=86 |source=Web colors#X11 color list-->At right is displayed the web color lightpink (no space).

However, if proper English language usage regarding color nomenclature is to be maintained, since this color has a lower value than "pink", it should really be called medium pink if the web color "pink" (shown above) is accepted as the standard for pink.

Nadeshiko pink {{infobox color|title=Nadeshiko Pink|hex=F6ADC6|r=246|g=173|b= 198| h=339|s= 30|v= 96 |source= Japanese Wikipedia-->At right is displayed the color nadeshiko pink, called nadeshiko-iro (撫子色) in Japanese.

It is named after carnation (nadeshiko 撫子). Another flower popular in Japanese culture, the cherry blossoms (sakura), gives its name to the color cerise (color) (via the French word for cherry).

Web color hotpink {{infobox color|title=Web color hotpink|hex=FF69B4|r=255|g=105|b= 180| h=330|s= 100|v=59 |source=Web colors#X11 color list-->At right is displayed the web color hotpink (no space).

Web color deeppink {{infobox color|title=Web color deeppink|hex=FF1493|r=255|g=20|b= 147| h=328|s= 100|v=54 |source=Web colors#X11 color list-->At right is displayed the web color deeppink (no space).

Dark pink {{infobox color|title= Dark Pink|hex=E75480|r=231|g= 84|b=128| c=0 |m= 36|y=48|k=9| h=342|s=64 |v=91 |source= BF2S Color Guide-->At right is displayed the color dark pink, a darker, desaturated shade of pink.

Bright pink {{infobox color|title=Bright Pink|hex=FF0080|r=255|g=0|b=128| h=330|s=100|v=50 |source= Hexcode Color Chart-->At right is displayed a neutral shade of bright pink.

Shocking pink {{infobox color|title=Shocking Pink|hex=FC0FC0|r=252|g= 15|b=192| c= 0|m= 94|y= 14|k= 0| h=315|s= 94|v= 99 |source= BF2S Color Guide-->

Shocking Pink, (also called neon pink) is bold and intense. Fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli popularized this color in 1936, naming it shocking pink; it was the color of the box her perfume called Shocking Pink came in (the box was shaped like the torso of film star Mae West).

"This intense magenta was called shocking pink in the 1930s, hot pink in the 1950s, and kinky pink in the 1960s... has appeared in the vanguard of more than one youth revolution...to some it sings, to others it screams" It is often used as a slang term to refer to the female genitalia. Varley, Helen, editor Color London:1980--Marshall Editions, Ltd. ISBN 0-89535-037-8 Page 139 This color is now again called "shocking pink" to distinguish it from the web color hot pink (shown above). Its appearance is more akin to magenta than it is to traditional pink. This color has always been popular among the avant-garde.

NHRA drag racer, Shirley Muldowney was famous for driving a shocking pink dragster.On its way into the German language, shocking pink lost the "shocking" and is called only "Pink", while the English language color "pink" is referred to as "Rosa". Meanwhile in Portuguese language one of its nomenclatures arrived intact becoming "cor-de-rosa choque" ("shocking pink") used more frequently in Brazil. It's also called "çingene pembesi" (Gypsy pink) in Turkish language.

Pink in gender

In Western culture, parents typically surround female infants with pink articles of clothing, preferring blue blankets and clothes for male infants.http://www.springerlink.com/content/w77382423043083r/

Though the color pink has sometimes been associated with gender stereotypes, some feminists have sought to reclaim it. For example, the Swedish radical feminist party Feminist Initiative (Sweden) uses pink as its color.

In 1918 the Ladies Home Journal wrote: “There has been a great diversity of opinion on the subject, but the generally accepted rule is pink for the girl and blue for the boy. The reason is that blue being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy, while pink, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl.” It has not always been a universally accepted standard however. The Sunday Sentinal, in March 29, 1914 advised mothers, "If you like the color note on the little one's garments, use pink for the boy and blue for the girl, if you are a follower of convention."

Pink is the color of the Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon. Pink was chosen partially because it is so strongly associated with femininity. Pink Ribbon for Breast Cancer Awareness:

It has been suggested that females prefer pink because of an Evolutionary biology preference for reddish things like ripe fruits and healthy faces.http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070820/sc_nm/colour_gender_dchttp://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12512-women-may-be-hardwired-to-prefer-pink.html This study though, has been accused of ethnocentric bias (non-Western females do not necessarily prefer pink) and the evolutionary conclusion has been called unsubstantiated and ridiculous. http://www.badscience.net/?p=518

Pink in sexuality

Whereas Jews were forced to wear the familiar yellow star of David under Nazi rule, and Roma people were forced to wear a black triangle, men imprisoned on accusations of homosexuality or same-sex sexual activity were forced to wear a pink triangle. Nowadays, it is often worn with gay pride parades. The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals (1986) by Richard Plant (New Republic Books). ISBN 0-8050-0600-1.

A Netherlands newsgroup about homosexuality is called nl.roze (roze being the Dutch word for pink), while in UK, Pink News is a leading gay newspaper and online news service. There is a magazine called Pink for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual (GLBT) community which has different editions for various metropolitan areas. Website of Pink magazine:

In business, the pink pound or pink dollar refers to the spending power of the GLBT community. Opportunities in the Pink Economy of the United Kingdom: Advertising call the gay market the pink economy.

Pink in human culture

Alcoholism

Seeing pink elephants is a euphemism for drunken hallucinations caused by delirium tremens. Medline Encyclopedia: Delirium Tremens

Art

In 1993, artist Gioia Fonda created a conceptual piece in the form of a week long holiday called pink week. The intention of pink week is to liberate the color pink from all dogma and simply celebrate the color pink as a color.
Bubblegum Pink is an installation by the artist duo Bigert & Bergstrom which "confronted viewer with three different mental climates" involving large amounts of pink. This mirrors the use of the color in American prisons to calm aggressive prisoners. It features a pink cell and a carpet worn by repetitive pacing.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Surrounded Islands wrapped wooded islands in Miami's Biscayne Bay with 6.5 million square feet of bright pink fabric. Thomas Von Taschitzki has said that "the monochrome pink wrappings"..."form a counterpoint to the small green wooded islands".
Many of Franz West's aluminum sculptures were often painted a bright pink, for example Sexualitatssymbol (Symbol of Sexuality). West has said that the pink was intended as an "outcry to nature" and has alluded to phallic associations .

Calendars

In Thailand, pink is associated with Tuesday on the Thai solar calendar. Anyone may wear pink on Tuesdays, and anyone born on a Tuesday may adopt pink as their color.

Cartography

Pink (or red) is traditionally used on maps for territory ruled by the British Empire or for members of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Clothing

Pink is a line of loungeware clothing carried by Victoria's Secret. Victoria's Secret Pink:
Pink shirts are now tremendously popular throughout Western culture, but were not always so. They were once seen as a camp (style) or even homosexual colour. At the forefront of the "pink revolution" was a Mr. J. Lewis Ritchie LLB(hons) who is credited by many as the first to popularize the garment.

color

Pink is used to describe a range of colors (shown above), from shades of red or orange to the more popularly used shades of pink that are shades of rose or magenta.

Cosmetics

Mary Kay in 1968, Mary Kay Ash, purchased the first Pink Cadillac, which eventually became the trademark of her company.

Film

Softcore Pornographic films in Japan are often called Pink film because the color cherry blossom pink (shown above) is associated in Japan with the vagina. *
The Pink Panther (character) is a popular cartoon character.
Pink Cadillac (film) was a 1989 movie starring Clint Eastwood.
Pink Ladies was the name of Betty Rizzo's (Stockard Channing) gang in the film, Grease (film).

Finance

Since 1893 the London Financial Times newspaper has used a distinctive salmon pink color for its newsprint, mainly as a way to distinguish itself from competitors. In other countries, the salmon press identifies economic newspapers or economics sections in "white" newspapers.

Gender

The color pink is often used to represent women (See discussion above in section on Pink in gender).

Education

At the Miraloma Elementary school in San Francisco, California, on 6 September 2007, the principal, Ron Machado, got a pink Mohawk hairstyle (as he had agreed to do) if the students raised the school’s Academic Performance Index by at least 55 points. They raised it by 67 points. Principal Finds Test Scores Hair-Razing:

Literature

In Spanish language, a novela rosa ("pink novel") is a Sentimentality novel marketed to women.

Music

P!nk is an United States singer-songwriter whose real name is Alecia Moore. Official site of singer Pink:
"Pink (song)" is a song by Aerosmith.
Under The Pink is an album by Tori Amos.
Pink Floyd, a British progressive rock band.
Pink Fairies, a British hard rock band; one of the founding members, Twink (musician) released a solo album called Think Pink.
"Think Pink!" is a song from Funny Face.
Pink Cadillac (song) is a 1984 humorous rockabilly song by Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Presley owned what is the most famous Pink Cadillac in the world
Japanese stoner/drone band Boris (band) have a 2005 album called Pink.
Pink Lady was a Japanese female pop music duo of the late 1970s and early 1980s, featuring Mitsuyo Nemoto ("Mie") and Keiko Masuda ("Kei").
Pinky Suicide was a Japanese punk rock performer in the early 1990s.
Shocking Blue – whose name may be a gender-reversing play on shocking pink – was a Netherlands rock band that was founded in the late 1960s.
The Pink Spiders, an American power pop band.

Parapsychology

It has been asserted that people with pink aura (paranormal)s are those who are interested in Romance (love). Oslie, Pamalie Life Colors: What the Colors in Your Aura Reveal Novato, California:2000--New World Library Page 342

Politics

Pink, being a 'watered-down' red, is sometimes used in a derogatory way to describe a person with mild communism or socialism beliefs (see Pinko).
In maps of political parties in Portugal, pink is used to represent the Socialist Party (Portugal)
Code Pink is an anti-war organization co-founded in 2002 by anti-corporation globalization activist Medea Benjamin of the NGO Global Exchange in San Francisco. Code Pink: Women for Peace on the site of Global Exchange. Accessed 31 January 2007.
The Casa Rosada is the residence of the President of Argentina.

Recreation

"Paint the Town Pink" a phrase that arose in the 1950s reflecting its influence on fashion and design and the popularity of pastel colors.

Religion

In Catholicism, pink (called rose (color) by the Catholic Church) symbolizes joy and happiness. It is used for the Third Sunday of Advent and the Fourth Sunday of Lent to mark the halfway point in these seasons of penance. However, in some Protestant denominations, the pink candle is sometimes lit on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of Love.
Pink is the color most associated with Indian spirtual leader Meher Baba, who often were pink coats to please his closest female follower, Mehera Irani, and today pink remains an important color, symbolizing love, to Baba's followers.

Human sexuality

The color pink is often used to represent homosexuality (See discussion above in section on Pink in sexuality).
In Japan the color Pink#Cherry blossom pink is associated with a woman's vagina, and therefore, in Japan, softcore pornographic films are called Pink film.
In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a pink bandana means that one is into the Sexual fetish of playing with dildos. Wearing a dark pink bandana means that one is into tit torture.

Audio engineering

Pink noise (), also known as 1/f noise, is a signal or process with a frequency spectrum such that the power spectral density is proportional to the reciprocal of the frequency.

Sports

Pink can mean the Scarlet (color) coat worn in fox hunting (a.k.a. "riding to hounds"). One legend about the origin of this meaning refers to a tailor named Pink (or Pinke, or Pinque).
The leader in the Giro d'Italia road bicycle racing wears pink.
The University of Iowa's Kinnick Stadium visitors' locker room is painted pink. The decor has sparked controversy, perceived by some people as suggesting sexism and homophobia. Controversy regarding pink University of Iowa locker room:

Television

In the TV series Power Rangers and its Japanese counterpart, Super Sentai, pink is a ranger color. The pink rangers are usually the airheaded, though the Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy and Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive, pink rangers are the smart ones of the team. They are always female, and are interchangeable with white.

Transportation planning (Rapid transit)

The Chicago Transit Authority recently debuted the Pink Line (Chicago Transit Authority) light rail service.
In the London Underground system, Hammersmith & City Line, running from Hammersmith to Barking is assigned the color pink on the tube map.

Video Games

In the Sonic the Hedgehog (series) series Amy Rose is depicted as a pink hedgehog and often referred to as "Pinky".
In the Sonic the Hedgehog (series) series Rouge the Bat is often seen wearing pink embellishments on her clothing and lip gloss.
In Final Fantasy X the character Yuna's design was based around blue, white, and pink and carried over to Final Fantasy X-2 which represented her girlish side.
Kingdom Hearts main character Kairi's secondary design for Kingdom Hearts 2 was composed primarily of pink.
Aerith from Final Fantasy 7 is almost always displayed in a pink dress with dark pink/red complimentary colors which represent her innocence and heart despite growing up in the dark city of Midgar.
Elena from Threads of Fate is the only character to have pink hair.