ash_gray colors

Literary analysis:

Ash gray is often employed in literature to evoke subtle, nuanced imagery that ranges from the natural to the emotional. Authors use it to paint atmospheric landscapes, such as an autumn sky imbued with a dreary ash gray hue [1] or the delicate shading on a wall slowly transitioning to a faint rose tint [2]. It also serves as a literal description of colors in nature and objects—from the dark variation seen in technical color mixtures [3],[4] and the ultra ash gray of material descriptions [5] to detailed comparisons with cinereous hues that blend light bluish gray with ash gray [6],[7],[8]. Beyond landscapes and textures, ash gray appears as a descriptor for living beings, capturing both the physical and emotional pallor in moments of shock or dismay [9],[10], as well as marking intricate hues on creatures, as seen in descriptions of flies and birds [11],[12],[13].

The sky was drear with the ash gray of autumn.
— from The Portal of Dreams by Charles Neville Buck
The ash gray of the farther wall, now visible, slowly changed to a faint rose tint that deepened and spread.
— from Jim Waring of Sonora-Town; Or, Tang of Life by Henry Herbert Knibbs
This color might be best described as dark ash gray.
— from The Practical Ostrich Feather Dyer by Alexander (Instructor in feather dyeing) Paul
Gray Tints: Ash Gray.—Thirty parts white lead; 2 parts ultramarine blue; 1 part burnt sienna.
— from Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes
Ultra ash gray.
— from Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John Bernhard Smith
Cinereous, light bluish gray or ash gray.
— from The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
Cinereous : ash-colored; gray tinged with blackish [ultra ash gray].
— from Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John Bernhard Smith
Cinereous : ash-colored; gray tinged with blackish [ultra ash gray].
— from Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John Bernhard Smith
The chamberlain turned ash gray and trembled.
— from Domitia by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
Anger, resentment, confusion, dismay flared like successive explosions in the man's face, and faded again, leaving his flesh utter ash gray.
— from The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
These flies are of an ash gray color, with the head silvery, and a rusty black stripe between the eyes, forked at its hind end.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various
Brown on the back, a beautiful warm ash gray on the breast, and under the wings transverse stripes of very dark gray and white.
— from Love's Meinie: Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds by John Ruskin
Male and Female —Upper parts reddish brown, varied with ash gray, brightest on lower back, wings, and tail.
— from Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifty Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes by Neltje Blanchan

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