I was going to make a note about the foxhunter's coat, which is actually scarlet, but Bill beat me to it. I have heard that the reason it's called 'pink' is because that was the name of the tailor who first made one. Can anyone verify or correct this?

While we're on this red-color binge/tinge, I take the opportunity to lament the contemporary ignorance of the common shades of red. Few people nowadays know the difference between scarlet and crimson, or are even aware that there is a difference.

And that leads me to a rant on the blue colors. It seems that no one anymore knows that there is a color called violet, which is not the same as purple. At least 95% of the time, when people say/write 'purple' they really mean 'violet' or some shade of violet, like lavender or lilac.