by Tigerdaisy » 20 Apr 2017, 14:42
What exactly is 'pink'- actually as an artist who paints and also an ex colour printer, 'pink' is red with white added to create a tint. This results in the colour Fender have been painting their MIM 50s Strat. Now, women have a habit of calling a cool red (which has blue added) 'pink'- they also call magenta 'pink', which according to my earlier definition is NOT really pink, but a cool red which actually is the colour of the original Strat. The original Strat is definitely NOT 'pink', ladies may erroneously call it pink but the paint does not have 'white' added. Flamingo Red or 'Pink' is a medium red with blue added to give a cooler looking red. If you look at one of the earliest colour photos of Hank with his new Strat as a centrefold in "Boyfriend' magazine you can see its not pink, i.e. not the same colour that is being used on some recent bodies like the previously mentioned Fender 50s MIM which is most definitely pink. Whilst its not really possible to reproduce every colour accurately in 4 colour repro you can tell from the 'Boyfriend' picture the guitar is quite a cool red and especially as the photo has an overall yellow cast this is probably making the colour of the body look slightly less 'blue' than it actually was. Fiesta Red, whatever that's meant to be is generally a red with a component of yellow added to a lessor or greater degree, which results in some bodies almost looking orangey.
IMO, as many people have been calling Hank's old guitar 'pink' this explains why you actually see some manufacturers actually literally painting their bodies pink which of course is not how it originally was, reason being that the term 'pink' has been misunderstood.
Incidentally, I can see how similar the Oasis Strat is to the original, colourwise. If you compare the colour of the warmer red plush lining of the case to the cooler red of the body you can see the essential difference in the two types of 'red'.