Lusty gallant is a colour that originated in 16th century Elizabethan England.

[1][2] Named after a popular Tudor dance (which in turn came from a ballad),[3][4] it is a shade of light pink.

It proved effective, and lusty gallant became a popular choice for dresses.

[5] The oldest surviving mention of the colour is William Harrison's 1577 book, The Description of England, in which he describes some contemporary colours:[6] I might here name a sort of hues devised for the nonce wherewith to please fantastical heads, as gooseturd green, pease-porridge tawny, popinjay blue, lusty gallant.

the-devil-in-the-head (I should say "the hedge"), and suchlike; but I pass them over, thinking it sufficient to have said thus much of apparel generally, when nothing can particularly be spoken of any constancy thereof.