deep_red colors

Literary analysis:

The hue deep red appears in literature as a vivid visual cue, establishing both mood and physical description. Writers use deep red to describe natural landscapes—for instance, a canyon with walls that shock the observer with its deep red tones [1] or skies lit by a deep red fire at sunset [2, 3]—while also portraying everyday objects like velvet damasks [4] and metal planks that separate contrasting materials [5]. In addition, deep red frequently marks the physicality of living things, be it the flushed cheeks of a startled character [6, 7, 8] or the color of fruits [9, 10] and flowers [11]. In each case, deep red functions not only as a literal descriptor but also as a symbol of intensity, passion, and dramatic transformation.

Sight of the deep red-walled and green-floored canyon was a shock to her.
— from The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey
"On the evening of the seventh day after we had left Table Bay, the sun set like an immense globe of deep red fire, and the sky began to be overcast.
— from Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 07
While we were still on the glacier, the sun set in a sky of deep red, changing to orange, yellow and pale blue.
— from By Forest Ways in New Zealand by F. A. Roberts
The furniture is covered in velvet damask, the prevailing tone of which is deep red.
— from Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1831-1835 by Dino, Dorothée, duchesse de
A plank of a deep red colour separates the gold and silver, with the happy effect of relieving them.
— from The Last Voyage: To India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Annie Brassey
Elizabeth Ann blushed a deep red and crushed the letter together in her hand.
— from Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Roger's face turned a deep red and he moved toward Wallace, but Tom put out a restraining hand.
— from On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Carey Rockwell
Exercise had brought deep red to her cheeks and her lips.
— from Her Father's Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter
Tree a moderate grower, rather small; flowers large; fruit of medium size, a rich, deep red; flesh white, rich, sweet; clingstone; ripens with Eureka.
— from The Peaches of New York by U. P. Hedrick
The berries are large, deep red, beautifully formed and of mild, yet most delicious flavor.
— from Kellogg's Great Crops of Strawberries, and How to Grow Them the Kellogg Way by R. M. Kellogg Co.
The flower is of a deep red, and five or six inches long, and in it are contained the grains or seeds.
— from The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon, A.D. 1532-50, contained in the first part of his Chronicle of Peru by Pedro de Cieza de León

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