Santa Fe pink
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the resemblance of the color to the stucco adobes of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and more generally from its prominence in the design of the American Southwest.
Noun
[edit]- A medium salmony orange-pink color.
- 1993, Wensley Clarkson, A Year in La La Land: Adventures of an Englishman in Los Angeles[1], page 124:
- Here I was in a Santa Fe pink and green office, complete with a playpen so that Parsley, aged 4, and Love, aged 10, could be wheeled in for ‘bonding sessions’ with their producer father once a week.
- 1993 March, Patrick Goldstein, “Catch a Wave & You're Sittin' on Top of the World”, in Premiere, page 74:
- His office neatly mirrors his personality. All Santa Fe pink and coral green, it’s a painted-desert playpen, adorned with ceramic cacti, a hat rack with horns, and pencils shaped like twigs.
- 1995, Stuart Warren, Oregon Handbook[2], page 385:
- Though the Santa Fe pink-and-green interior and faux adobe may cause you to shake your head, the food gets a nod.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Santa Fe pink.
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