turquoise colors

Literary analysis:

In literature, turquoise often plays the role of a striking, evocative hue that enriches descriptions of both nature and adornment. Authors use it to capture the serene yet vivid quality of the natural world—illustrating a sparkling sea seen from a great height [1], a dazzling sky that contrasts with snowy heights [2, 3, 4, 5], or even the sudden flash of color breaking through turbulent clouds [6]. Beyond landscapes, turquoise lends a delicate, refined touch to objects and personal ornaments, serving as a descriptor for the matrix of a parasol [7] or the elegant details within accessories and attire [8, 9, 10]. Through such imagery, turquoise becomes more than a color—it emerges as a literary device that conveys both calm and vibrancy.

Carleton got up, with his hands in his pockets, and stared out of the window which looked down from a seemingly great height over the turquoise sea.
— from The Guests Of Hercules by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
Snowy height came in dazzling contrast with a turquoise sky.
— from No Hero by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
The sun was shining now from a turquoise sky.
— from Piccadilly Jim by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
The world turned gold and amber, shining beneath a turquoise sky.
— from A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote) by Algernon Blackwood
A turquoise sky burned overhead, vivid orange sunshine drew clouds of incense from tree and earth and rock.
— from Wild Honey: Stories of South Africa by Cynthia Stockley
Clouds hurried and fumed along overhead travel-routes, and rent gashes in their sides as if with knives, letting through the sudden turquoise.
— from The Garden Without Walls by Coningsby Dawson
Her questioning look had observably become more keen, and with one finger she picked at the turquoise matrix in the handle of her parasol.
— from The Transgression of Andrew Vane: A Novel by Guy Wetmore Carryl
Jerry Macy leaned back in the roomy porch rocker, half-closed blue eyes squinting prophetically up at the turquoise August sky.
— from Marjorie Dean Macy's Hamilton Colony by Josephine Chase
They were standing on a hill, and far away they could see the pale line where the shimmering summer sea met the turquoise bowl of heaven.
— from The Best Man by Harold MacGrath
From the recess out of which he peered nothing was visible but a sky of turquoise smiling upon a sea of sapphire.
— from For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke

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