Pink
in art, a class of pigments of yellow or greenish-yellow color, prepared by precipitating vegetable juices on a white earth, such as chalk, alumina, etc., and used only in water colors. The varieties are Italian pink, brown pink, rose pink, and Dutch pink.
In botany, the genus Dianthus, of about 70 known species. The majority are cultivated in gardens; specifically, Dianthus plumarius, the garden pink.
Also various plants superficially resembling it in flowers; thus, the cushion pink is Silene acaulis, the moss pink, Phlox subulata.