sweet, if ceaselessly pink, accommodations

[meliss]

Hi. I do not understand the role of the "if" here: is it like "even if" or other? Thank you.
"...residence ... was glaringly, bubblegummingly, Pepto-Bismolly pink. ... Like it or not, Colin thought, road trips have destinations. Or at least his kind of road trip always would. And this seemed a fair end point—sweet, if ceaselessly pink, accommodations; reasonably nice people..." (Abundance of Katherines by John Green)

 

[Rover_KE]

Your understanding is on the right lines.

The word if is used to mean "even though": It was an enthusiastic, if small, audience.

(Collins)

 

[GoesStation]

You're reading a challenging text. The author uses very creative language, with two invented adjectives in the first sentence alone.