powder_blue colors

Literary analysis:

In literature, powder blue is frequently invoked as a subtle yet evocative hue that enhances everything from personal attire to architectural details. The color appears in descriptions of clothing—for instance, Corliss’ powder blue sweater [1] and a captain’s uniform rendered in a similar tone [2]—and is employed to breathe life into interiors, as when walls are painted the color of powder blue [3] or porcelain is crafted in that delicate shade [4]. Authors also integrate powder blue into creative settings, whether it appears among a palette of blues in artistic descriptions [5] or adds an unexpected flash of refinement to everyday objects like a refrigerator [6] and even a portfolio fastened with powder blue tape and silver tassels [7].

Corliss' powder blue sweater.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1970 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Afterward, donning his powder blue Captain's uniform, he went down to breakfast.
— from The Black Tide by Arthur G. Stangland
Sechard; the walls were adorned with a wainscot, fearful to behold, painted the color of powder blue.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac
Powder blue porcelain.
— from The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods by William Chaffers
The blues were ultramarine, ultramarine ashes, Prussian blue of various sorts, calcined smalt, strowing ditto, verditer blue and powder blue.
— from Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony by George Francis Dow
He went in and leaned against the powder blue refrigerator while she soaked the dishes.
— from You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did by David E. Fisher
It was a pretty portfolio, bound in powder blue and silver, and was fastened by a powder blue tape with silver tassels.
— from Bones in London by Edgar Wallace

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