parent plants have red flower and white flower & red is a kind of color & the colors of parts of an organism are inherited characteristics & white is a kind of color ->  red colored flowers and white colored flowers are different inherited characteristics of the plant  red colored flowers and white colored flowers are different inherited characteristics of the plant & offspring plants have pink flowers & pink is a combination of red and white ->  the offspring exhibit a combination of the characteristics of the parent plants  the offspring exhibit a combination of the characteristics of the parent plants & incomplete dominance is when offspring exhibit a combination of a property caused by the genes of its parents -> the offspring plant having pink flowers is an example of incomplete dominance