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Mamie pink
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Etymology
right|thumb|250px|Bathroom suite in Mamie pink.
Named for Mamie Eisenhower, who famously loved the shade and redecorated the White House in it, setting off a design trend in the 1950s.Jennifer Wright, "How Pink Became a Color for Girls", Racked, 20 March 2015
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A light rosy pink colour with a slight orangish tinge.
en 1997 Edward Klein All Too Human: The Love story of Jack and Jackie https://archive.org/details/alltoohumanloves0000klei_i7d9/page/460/mode/2up?q=%22mamie+pink%22 461 Jackie was still suffering from a postpartum depression that left her drained of energy, but she and Sister worked nonstop through the morning, laying plans to obliterate all the “Mamie pink” and Grand Rapids furniture that dominated the upstairs Family Quarters.
en 2003 Adriana Trigiani Lucia, Lucia https://archive.org/details/lucialucia0000trig_s0y2/page/n11/mode/2up?q=%22mamie+pink%22 1 The shutters that swing from the windows are painted mottled shades of cream and Mamie pink, a powdery peach tone not seen since the Eisenhower administration (it appears the shutters have not been painted since then either).
en 2016 Cherie Priest The Family Priest https://archive.org/details/familyplot0000prie_f2i2/page/48/mode/2up?q=%22mamie+pink%22 49 First door, water closet. Added or renovated sometime in the late fifties, if she judged the Mamie pink and the fixtures correctly. Ugly as hell, but some people really liked that stuff.
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