Lol, that's what I was just thinking.

It sounds like the delphinidum antho's are the shades of pink that I really like. Sorry, just don't like the carotenids. Guess I'll have to revise my cross maps and not cross just any ol' pinks together.

--- In i*@yahoogroups.com, "d7432da" <donald@...> wrote:
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> Interesting thread here. Blooms that give the impression of being a color where close examination shows they are really not those colors go beyond pink. A lot, if not all, the green or greenish shades also do that. I think from a gardeners' perspective, the impression they give when blooming is more important for effect, but perhaps not when a dauber is chasing a color.
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> Donald Eaves
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> Texas - the parched zone no matter where you're located - USA
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> --- In i*@yahoogroups.com, Chuck Chapman <irischapman@> wrote:
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> > You are absolutely correct on this Linda. A light wash of the anthocyanin delphinidin gives a bluish wash to the pink. A lot of the intense or hot pinks have a light wash of anthocxyanin,
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> > A mix containing a bit more anthocyanin gives you a buff-tan colour such as on my Buckskin Babe.
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> > But brown is a mix of yellow and a wash of anthocyanin.
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> > Before lycopene started showing up, giving seashell pink as it was called then, there were some light lavender-pink iris called pink. These were actually as mix of pale yellow and a medium-light wash of delphinidin anthocyadin. There were a number of pallida species or near species cultivars that were of this "pink" colour. With the introduction of lycopene the definition of pink changed.
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> > ---- Original Message ----
> > From: Linda Mann <lmann@>
> > To: iris-photos <i*@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wed, Sep 7, 2011 8:36 am
> > Subject: [iris-photos] Re: HYB: pigment (was sdlng from Pink Formal etc)
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> > I think that the rosy pinks are a combination of the bluish pink and
> > tangerine pink. But not sure about that.
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> > The combination of the two sorta looks like this, I think. Not positive
> > I got this photo matched up with the right pedigree, but I think this
> > one is from (PINK FORMAL x bee) X GOLDEN APPLE.
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> > Linda Mann east TN USA zone 7
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