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This drink's sweet-sour balance and degree of pink hue is relative to how generous you are with the grenadine.
(When made with homemade fresh pomegranate...
Interesting as I used home made syrup with pomegranate syrup / molasses (Jeffrey Morgenthaler recipe) and still had a very nice pink colour. I used fresh squeezed pomegranate so I don't know if that made a difference.
You're absolutely right. Made this drink again, this time with fresh pomegranate juice immediately going into the grenadine itself and the colour is truly vibrant. Everyone, please use Jeffrey Morgenthaler's recipe with FRESH pomegranate juice (not even juiced and then bottled in a store). The colour and flavour is truly delectable.