In literature, dark violet is often employed as a richly evocative color that bridges the tangible and the emotional. Authors use it to enrich descriptions of clothing and appearances, as seen when a character is noted to be “dressed in pale green and dark violet” ([1]) or when eyes shift in hue from blue to a “dark violet” tint ([2], [3], [4]). Dark violet also colors the natural world, painting sunsets and skies with a brooding, transitional tone—as when the setting sun gives way to a sky “fast changing its orange and ruddy gold for a dark violet and warm grey” ([5]), or when rugged landscapes and distant fells are imbued with its mysterious shade ([6]). Through these varied depictions, dark violet emerges as a multifaceted symbol, conveying elegance, passion, and the enigmatic beauty of twilight.
- I was dressed in pale green and dark violet, and Lady Isabeau in rose-coloured satin.
— from Lady Sybil's Choice: A Tale of the Crusades by Emily Sarah Holt
- His eyes were blue, varying with his moods from almost dark violet to a cold steel tint.
— from Anno Domini 2000; or, Woman's Destiny by Vogel, Julius, Sir
- And so she is; she has dark violet eyes, A voice as soft as moonlight.
— from Poems
Third Edition by Alexander Smith
- “I’m so glad you told me,” she said with tears in her dark violet eyes.
— from Meg of Mystery Mountain by Grace May North
- The last rays of the setting sun were dying out, and the sky was fast changing its orange and ruddy gold for a dark violet and warm grey.
— from The Dingo Boys: The Squatters of Wallaby Range by George Manville Fenn
- From the couch where she lay she could see the dark violet fells, the soft restful billows of green, silver splashes of light through the trees.
— from Heriot's Choice: A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey