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no, they really aren’t. They are different colors. Pink is combination of red and violet, but it’s not red. You can add as much white to red as you want, it will still be red. No matter how pink it looks. You can darken pink or lighten it but you’ll never get red. The only way to do either is to add the color you want it to be or add a complete other color to it which means they are different colors. I mean, next you’re gonna tell me red and orange are the same because orange is just red and yellow. Violet/purple is blue because it’s just blue and red. I think my point is clear.