grass_green colors

Literary analysis:

In literature, "grass green" is celebrated not only as a vivid description of nature’s lush hues but also as a precise, technical color. Authors have used it both in poetic passages that evoke the vitality of a countryside scene—where the grass appears almost as if it were painted with life itself ([1], [2])—and in detailed color formulations, such as the blending of yellow and green to create a specific tone ([3], [4]). Whether describing the bright appearance of a microorganism ([5]) or the soft, inviting quality of a pastoral landscape, "grass green" functions as a versatile descriptor that bridges the scientific and the poetic, underscoring its enduring appeal in literary imagery.

The yachts were whiter, the water bluer, the grass greener; the stern grey rocks themselves flushed with purple.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill
The air was clear, the sky bright, the sun hot as in summer, the grass green almost as in spring.
— from Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
17 Yellow and green unite to form green-yellow (GY), popularly called grass green.
— from A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma by A. H. (Albert Henry) Munsell
Grass Green A.—Five parts white lead; 7 parts Paris green.
— from Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes
Of such, one form, Chlamydomonas , is bright grass green in appearance.
— from The Home Medical Library, Volume 5 (of 6)

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