Well, the colour name "pink" is supposed to derive from the flower, which is so called because the edges of the petals are "pinked". The uncultivated form of the flower is pink rather than scarlet.
Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 21/02/2006 19:02 >>> Referring to those red fox-hunting jackets as "pinks" raises the additional question of just what the British historically meant when they called something "pink." --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
