bright_yellow colors

Literary analysis:

In literature, bright yellow is often a vivid, lively hue that brings both nature and human-made objects to life. Authors paint landscapes with bright yellow elements—from flowers that hang in fragrant clusters [1] and delicate crocus blooms [2, 3] to ripening fruit that shifts from green to bright yellow [4]—imbuing natural scenes with warmth and energy. At the same time, bright yellow appears in descriptions of everyday objects and attire, such as the striking waistcoat worn by an eccentric character [5], festive dresses and accessories [6, 7, 8], and even commonplace items like a milk jug or tablecloth [9, 10]. Whether capturing the burst of a bright yellow flash [11] or the radiant glow of sunshine piercing through a deep gully [12], the color bright yellow serves as a dynamic symbol of vibrancy and transformation across literary works.

The flowers are globular, and of a bright yellow; they hang from every spray, and load the air with their fragrant odours.
— from Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume 2 (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Mrs. Lanaghan
Bright yellow crocus
— from Daily Lesson Plans in English by Caroline Stearns Griffin
I pray you arise; Bright yellow crocus!
— from Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" by Various
On ripening, the fundamental green becomes bright yellow, brightened with reddish-brown on the side next the sun; early Sept.
— from The Pears of New York by U. P. Hedrick
Well, gentlemen (continued the little hump-backed man in the bright yellow waistcoat), here was a pretty finish to all our bright anticipations!
— from Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 06
There were two little babies in their mothers' arms, one in a bright yellow dress.
— from First Impressions of the New World On Two Travellers from the Old in the Autumn of 1858 by Isabella Strange Trotter
And when Maslova imagined herself in a bright yellow silk dress, with velvet trimmings, decolette, she made her choice.
— from The Awakening (The Resurrection) by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
She wore a simple foulard dress designed in white, and over it a light cloak of bright yellow bordered with lace and a black but extremely lively hat.
— from The Road to the Open by Arthur Schnitzler
He disappeared again, and this time returned with a bright yellow tablecloth and a bright yellow picnic basket.
— from Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz by Robert J. Evans
"Just a little of each, thank you," replied Dorothy, helping herself from a bright yellow milk jug and a bright yellow sugar bowl.
— from Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz by Robert J. Evans
Next moment there was a bright yellow flash and a reverberating boom.
— from Commander Lawless V.C. Being the Further Adventures of Frank H. Lawless, Until Recently a Lieutenant in His Majesty's Navy by Rolf Bennett
It passes rushing through the crowns, so that sometimes we catch an upward glimpse of bright yellow sunshine as though out of a deep gully.
— from Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Felix Speiser

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