Are 桃色 and ピンク the same color or are they slightly different colors?


# English

I sometimes see both 桃色 and ピンク translated to "pink."

In Japanese, are 桃色 and ピンク the same colors, or do they refer to similar but
different colors?

# Japanese

たまに「桃色」と「ピンク」が英語の「pink」に訳されているのを見かけます。

日本語だと、桃色とピンクはまったく同じ色ですか、あるいは似ているけれど違う色ですか。




I think mostly Japanese people think 桃色 and ピンク(pink) are same color and I
thought so, but their color seem to be a bit different after my searching.

Pink is a color of flowers of dianthus. 桃色 is a color of flowers of peach.
Peach is close to a color of meat of peach. So, that is to say, 桃色 is more
close to a color of peach blossom than pink, isn't it?

Source <https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%83%E8%89%B2>




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From my (subjective) understanding, the bag on the left is both 桃色 and ピンク (or
明るいピンク), while the bag on the right is ピンク (or 濃いピンク,
[ショッキングピンク](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/111691/meaning/m0u/)) but not 桃色.

桃色 is usually associated with a _juvenile_ , _girly_ , or _cute_ image (cf.
[桃色片思い](http://www.kasi-time.com/item-9609.html)). ピンク also has a cute image,
but ピンク is a color with various images, and one of them is _adult_ and _sexy_
(eg. ピンク街 is "red-light district" in Japanese).

