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TO LOVE and PROTECT… TULIPS

 

 

“I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind.”

― Mahatma Gandhi

 

PINK, FRINGED, FRAZZLED Tulips

 

 

Hope you are enjoying PINK-WEEK?

 

The name derives from the frilled edge of the flowers—the verb "to pink" dates from the 14th century and means "to decorate with a perforated or punched pattern" (possibly from German pinken, "to peck").

While the word "pink" was first used as a noun to refer to a color in the 17th century, the verb "pink" continues to be reflected today in the name of those hand-held scissors that cut a zig-zagged line referred to as pinking shears.

Pink was not a common colour in the fashion of the Middle Ages; nobles usually preferred brighter reds, such as crimson.

Shocking pink was a new and more assertive pink invented by Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli in 1931, by mixing a little white with magenta. It became her signature colour.

Pink has symbolised a "welcome embrace" in India and masculinity in Japan.

MORE about pink HERE: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink

 

Wishing you a day filled with love and thanx for commenting, always appreciated, M, (*_*)

 

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