ocean_blue colors

Literary analysis:

Literary uses of the color "ocean blue" extend well beyond a simple reference to the sea; it functions as a vivid descriptor that evokes depth, contrast, and character. In some texts the color is employed to capture the nuanced quality of nature—for example, dark patches of sky are compared to the rich tone of ocean blue ([1]), and river waters are depicted as blending purple silt with that same deep hue ([2]). In other instances, "ocean blue" is established as a precise pigment by delineating its composition in a paint recipe ([3]), while in character portraits it lends an air of luminous beauty, as when a character’s eyes are described as being of the ocean blue ([4]). Moreover, the color is used to set a visual stage, creating appealing backdrops and contrasting vividly with other tints, as in the case of a background that highlights island imagery ([5]) or evokes the jewel-like quality of a deep sea ([6]). Finally, its impact is underscored even in contrastive comparisons, such as when a chocolate-colored river falls short of matching the impressive hue of ocean blue ([7]).

Warm patches of sunlight, like gold, brightened the ground; dark patches of sky, like ocean blue, gleamed between the treetops.
— from The Last of the Plainsmen by Zane Grey
It was a new river, with wonderful purple water—the purple of river silt blending with ocean blue.
— from Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters by Agnes C. Laut
Ocean Blue—White, 15 parts; Prussian blue, 1 part; raw sienna, 2 parts.
— from Practical Carriage and Wagon Painting A Treatise on the Painting of Carriages, Wagons and Sleighs, Embracing Full and Explicit Directions for Executing All Kinds of Work, Including Painting Factory Work, Lettering, Scrolling, Ornamenting, Varnishing, etc., with Many Tested Recipes and Formulas by M. C. (Mayton Clarence) Hillick
Her eyes were of the ocean blue.
— from Cape Cod Folks by Sarah Pratt McLean Greene
An "ocean blue" is a good color, as it makes a good background for islands.
— from Primary Handwork by Ella Victoria Dobbs
When the sun rose she saw before her a long line of low-lying islands, clothed in cocoanuts, and shining like jewels upon the deep ocean blue.
— from The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 by Louis Becke
There was, however, no tint on the rushing, rolling waters of the chocolate-colored Missouri that could remind one of the ocean blue.
— from The Awakening of the Desert by Julius Charles Birge

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