alice_blue colors

Literary analysis:

The color "Alice blue" has been employed by authors to evoke a refined, delicate aesthetic that bridges both vintage charm and modern sensibility. In one instance, it is used as a trim detail in a painted scene where its soft hue is set against bolder colors, underscoring its subtle yet striking presence [1]. It appears again among a list of popular summer shades, suggesting its relevance in contemporary design alongside other modern colors [2]. Its inclusion in a series of stylized, contemporary names—as part of a design palette that references elements like Elizabethan ruff and de Medici collar—further emphasizes its role in evoking graceful visual imagery [3, 4]. Finally, the color is also highlighted in fashion, describing a silk waist that carries the elegance intrinsic to "Alice blue" [5].

The body was painted yellah and the trimmin's was in Alice blue and catsup red.
— from Alex the Great by H. C. (Harry Charles) Witwer
We are assured on the best authority that Alice blue, radium gray, and fluorescent green will be the popular shades this summer.
— from The Foolish Almanak for Anuthur Year The Furst Cinc the Introdukshun ov the Muk-rake in Magazeen Gardning, and the Speling Reform ov Owr Langwij by Theodor Rosyfelt by Various
When, however, a name is comparatively recent, use capitals, as in Alice blue, Taft roses, Burbank cactus.
— from The Style Book of The Detroit News by Detroit news
"There's Elizabethan ruff, and de Medici collar, and Queen Anne cottage, and Alice blue," I suggested.
— from Tripping with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed
Once I went down town to buy me a pair of black stockings, and I got an Alice blue silk waist, instead.
— from The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted by Katharine Ellis Barrett

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