"millennial pink" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Named for its popularity in fashion and design in the late 2010s among millennials. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} millennial pink (not comparable)
  1. Of a light rosy pink colour. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Millennials, Pinks
    Sense id: en-millennial_pink-en-adj-IlvCTaxo Disambiguation of Millennials: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pinks: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52

Noun

Forms: millennial pinks [plural]
Etymology: Named for its popularity in fashion and design in the late 2010s among millennials. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} millennial pink (countable and uncountable, plural millennial pinks)
  1. A light rosy pink colour. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Millennials, Pinks
    Sense id: en-millennial_pink-en-noun-OZWb7zgw Disambiguation of Millennials: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pinks: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52

Inflected forms

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