pink tinge

A dull, creamy white shell with a pink tinge, sometimes becoming partially or wholly reddish.

After being gathered awhile, the pink tinge changes to brown, but it always appears on the good ones while in the ground.

The pink tinge still showed in her cheeks, and her eyes had a suspicious brightness in them.

A fortnight of Devon had already brought a pink tinge to her cheeks, and the sea air to-day was turning them rosy.

Sometimes a little archil is added to the madder, to give the dye a pink tinge; but this is fugitive.