The word "粉红色" is formed by sequentially combining three characters: 粉, meaning "powder" or here conveying "pinkish"; 红, meaning "red"; and 色, meaning "color". The character 粉 modifies 红 to specify a light or soft red hue, and 色 is added to explicitly categorize it as a color term, resulting in a compound that literally translates to "powder-red-color" or "pink color".