[jacobolus]

Wikipedia is a terrible source for this type of thing.

“Pink” was until recently a synonym for “light red”.

However, when it became possible and fashionable to produce more bright purple-red colors, these were also called “pink” (“hot pink”, etc.) by marketers, and now our late 20th/early 21st century concept of the denotation of the word “pink” is considerably broader than 50+ years ago.