My random thought for the day.
Pink is really just a light red, like a light green or light blue. Why does pink get its own designation as a new color and light shades of other colors do not? Not that I'm complaining. I like pink, but it seems curious to me. Also, why have I never noticed this before?
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Well, some do. Turquoise, royal blue, sea green, etc. You're point is well taken though, as there is only, to my knowledge, light yellow and light orange. It's probably more rooted in tradition than anything else.
Even royal blue and sea green remain attached to their base color. Pink does not remain attached to red and different shades of pink are not considered shades of red.
I suppose tradition may be responsible.
I think it has to do with relation. When I see pink I don't relate it to red at all. Sure you get pink by adding red and white but you also get green by adding yellow and blue. I don't consider green to be a shade of blue or a shade of yellow. Sure pink is not recognized on the light spectrum but in my mind it falls somewhere after purple and before red.
Light green is only a mixture of green and white but it still resembles its parent color green.
Another arguement is that I would see pink the same as I see light green if society had not decided for me that pink is its own separate color. If someone had not decided a long time ago that pink is what it is would we just see it as light red? I think that was your original question, wasn't it?
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