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Literary analysis:

Writers frequently use “petal” as a subtle color reference that evokes the delicate, transient hues of flowers. For example, the phrase “petal blue” ([1]) directly assigns a gentle, natural tint reminiscent of a blossom’s soft wash of blue, while another text speaks of “the color of petal” ([2]) to suggest a nuanced, almost ineffable quality of hue. Similes further extend this imagery—likening a complexion to that “of a wild rose petal” ([3]) or comparing a feature to the “soft white of a rose petal” ([4]) and even a sky to “the petal of a crane'sbill” ([5]). In these instances, the color “petal” is not just a botanical reference but an evocative symbol of fragility, tenderness, and ephemeral beauty that enriches the literary landscape.

A flower is blooming by the river, A floweret with a petal blue, Forget me not, my love, my treasure!
— from Eve: A Novel by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
Naturally we expect one who loved the beauty of the landscape and the color of petal and the fragrance of flower to be more or less of a Nature poet.
— from Wisconsin in Story and Song; Selections from the Prose and Poetry of Badger State Writers
She was a little bit of a woman, coloured like a wild rose petal, face and body—a piece of pink porcelain Dutch, father said.
— from Laddie: A True Blue Story by Gene Stratton-Porter
A short, thin little nose, white like the soft white of a rose petal.
— from The Red Debt: Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald
The blue heavens are as blue as the petal of a crane'sbill: surely such a sky has nothing to do with a hurricane.
— from White Wings: A Yachting Romance, Volume II by William Black

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