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Literary analysis:

In literature the adjective "hazy" is not simply used to indicate a lack of clarity but often functions as a subtle color tone that imbues a scene with a soft, diffused quality. Writers frequently pair it with traditional hues—consider the “blue and hazy” peaks that blur the distinction between solid form and atmospheric light ([1]) or the “hazy blue” sky that casts an ethereal glow over landscapes ([2]). This effect is deepened when entire atmospheres are tinged with a particular shade, as in the “hazy blue atmosphere” that softens mountainous vistas ([3]) or when nature is rendered in gentle tints like the “hazy pink robe” adorning an almond tree ([4]). Other works evoke dreamlike color schemes by describing distant topography with “hazy blue mountains” ([5]) or immersing the reader in a “hazy blue depth” that blends the heavens and earth, a quality further underscored when vivid greens fade to a misty blue ([6], [7]).

Some peaks towered in the distance—blue and hazy and snow-covered.
— from The Girl from the Big Horn Country by Mary Ellen Chase
The wind was west, the moon was high, Of a hazy blue was the spangled sky,
— from Lays and Legends of the English Lake Country With Copious Notes by John Pagen White
The rugged, snow-clad mountains seemed to be softened when seen through the hazy blue atmosphere.
— from American Big Game in Its Haunts: The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club
An almond-tree was adorning itself in a hazy pink robe.
— from A Ring of Rubies by L. T. Meade
He was dazzled by the blinding sun, the sea appeared to be boundless, and the hazy blue mountains called him with irresistible force.
— from The Confession of a Fool by August Strindberg
* The stars of winter are beautiful when they are dusted on the slate-colored sky, and when in the hazy blue depth they light up the shreds of clouds.
— from Romance of the Rabbit by Francis Jammes
In the clear May sunshine they could see for miles over the tree-tops until the dark green of the spruce and tamarack faded to a hazy blue.
— from Northern Diamonds by Frank Lillie Pollock

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