https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:30:07 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink/page/2#post-374106 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:00:10 +0000 Anonymous 374106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've heard and used "shocking pink" for very bright pink in the 60's. It was the color of my prom dress. Now i think of it as "Barbie pink" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink/page/2#post-374104 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:57:04 +0000 anne 374104@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was going to mention the same thing as April. I just wanted to confirm first so I looked her up last night but my computer is so slow the link still hasn't worked! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink/page/2#post-374055 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:55:50 +0000 Briar 374055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with @rae and @jjsloane--shocking pink to me means a trendy neon pink (what I wore in the early 90's with other colors of the highlighter pen rainbow) vs. hot pink which to me is a bright, preppy pink and more classic than neon pink. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink/page/2#post-373980 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:12:02 +0000 Ginkgo 373980@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I know the term "shocking pink" and from Schiaparelli. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink/page/2#post-373974 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:05 +0000 MsMary 373974@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>April, you're right! Good catch! </p> <p><a href="http://italophiles.com/schiaparelli.htm" rel="nofollow">http://italophiles.com/schiaparelli.htm</a></p> <p><a href="http://lisawallerrogers.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/elsa-schiaparelli-shocking-and-pink/" rel="nofollow">http://lisawallerrogers.wordpr.....-and-pink/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink/page/2#post-373941 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:25:44 +0000 Jjsloane 373941@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hot pink to me is fuschia - dark bright pink. Shocking pink to me is neon pink (80's pink). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink/page/2#post-373935 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:22:13 +0000 Lisa 373935@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am also team hot pink, shocking pink would never come to mind for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink/page/2#post-373916 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:39:20 +0000 greenglove 373916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hot pink- never heard anyone say "Shocking Pink". Is that shocking? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink/page/2#post-373789 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:43:52 +0000 April 373789@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have the idea that "shocking pink" was/is a color and color name associated with Elsa Schiaparelli. Anybody know if that's right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373780 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:19:21 +0000 Beth 373780@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hot pink for me, but shocking pink is more fun to say:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373754 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:30:43 +0000 Mellllls 373754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the term shocking pink came from the Crayola flourescent marker line. To me, shocking pink is more neon while hot pink is more bright. But I haven't heard anyone use the term shocking pink in recent years. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373672 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:23:04 +0000 Louise 373672@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I say hot pink but I'd understand what was meant if someone said shocking pink x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373527 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:59:59 +0000 modgrl 373527@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shocking usually means neon pink to me. I usually wear and use hot pink </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373522 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:56:51 +0000 nancylee 373522@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hot pink for me, too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373517 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:50:25 +0000 Suz 373517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MaryK - laughing out loud here, seriously! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373502 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:17:49 +0000 rae 373502@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never heard of shocking pink before. When I saw it in your title, I thought you meant neon pink. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373486 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:57:59 +0000 taylor 373486@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I respond to both...hot pink is more familiar to me though </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373484 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:56:42 +0000 anne 373484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>hot pink or bright pink. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373473 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:52:02 +0000 nicoleb 373473@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I say hot pink too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373438 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:05:13 +0000 lyn* 373438@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What about Shock HOT pink? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373437 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:03:25 +0000 MsMary 373437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I use 'em pretty much interchangeably.</p> <p>Although I will say I am not easily shocked. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373418 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:09:52 +0000 Maya 373418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Between these two choices, I say hot pink. But I never liked the sound of that, so I just go with bright pink most of the time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373416 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:04:32 +0000 Angie 373416@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This was interesting. Thanks, ladies. </p> <p>It's just you and me Suz </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373393 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:15:07 +0000 Jonesy 373393@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've always known it as "hot pink." I've never heard of "shocking pink" until now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373375 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:15:05 +0000 Polly (thunalata) 373375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hot pink here. But this is from my Color me beautiful palette in about 2001 so I don't know what I would have called it before (probably shocking pink, actually).</p> <p>Out of interest am I right in thinking we're describing something a tiny bit different from lipstick pink (same intensity/brightness but a bit more on the blue side rather than the yellow side)? I'm not great on colour definitions, but always keen to learn... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373353 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:10:36 +0000 morethanbeige 373353@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another for "hot pink". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373351 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:09:06 +0000 Cilleena 373351@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would say "Hot pink" or maybe "Bright pink". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373350 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:07:53 +0000 Debora 373350@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've always called it hot pink. I remember I had hot pink beads and matching earrings in the 80's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373348 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:06:45 +0000 Marley 373348@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Hot Pink" for me. The word "shocking" reminds me too much of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder! (I know, I've been a therapist waaaaay too long!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shocking-pink-versus-hot-pink#post-373345 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:02:26 +0000 Suz 373345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shocking here, Angie. </p> <p>It could be an age thing, or perhaps geographical/cultural? (I'm in Canada).</p> <p>I would consider hot to be interchangeable and would understand what was meant by hot pink, but I don't think I would ever say it myself (unless trying to, consciously, because I thought I wouldn't be understood.) </p>