How to say "pink" in Japanese

• ピンクJLPT N2approx.Common
  no-adjectiveThe everyday word for the colour pink, borrowed from English. Use it for pink clothes, flowers, packaging, anything pink in ordinary conversation and writing.
  あのピンクの服ふくを着きた女性じょせいはだれですか。↗

  Who is the woman dressed in pink?
• 桃色ももいろCommon
  no-adjectiveLiterally 'peach colour': the traditional colour name for the pale pink of peach blossom, which can also denote the colour peach itself. In everyday speech ピンク is the usual choice.
  彼女かのじょのほおは薄うすく桃色ももいろに染そまっていた。↗

  Her cheeks were tinged with pink.
• 淡紅色たんこうしょくCommon
  no-adjectiveA formal, technical-sounding word, literally 'pale crimson', for a light pink or rose shade. It turns up mainly in written or scientific descriptions of colour, seldom in conversation.

Choose 「ピンク」 for pink in everyday speech; 桃色 is the traditional colour name, literally 'peach colour', that also denotes the colour peach; 淡紅色 is a formal word for a pale pink or rose.

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• ピンクpink
• 桃色ももいろpink (colour, color)
• 淡紅色たんこうしょくpink
• なでしこpink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus)
• 鴇色ときいろpink (wing colour of crested ibis) (color)
• 淡紅たんこうpink
• 退紅たいこうpink
• ピンク色ピンクいろpink
• 退紅色たいこうしょく(light) pink