In literature the color amaranth often serves as a vivid, evocative marker—one that brings to mind both intense passion and an otherworldly beauty. Writers have employed this hue to convey shifting moods and landscapes: for instance, [1] describes mountain tops gleaming in running colors of amaranth, green, and mottled gold, crafting a scene that feels both natural and surreal. In more technical reflections on hue, [2] outlines how certain chemical treatments produce an amaranth tint, emphasizing the distinctive saturation of this color. Poetic language also embraces the richness of amaranth, as seen in [3] where “blood crimson, shaded amaranth” suggests a blending of life’s vibrancy with its deeper, somber undertones, and in [4] where a “crown of amaranth” symbolizes enduring splendor that does not fade.
- There the mountain tops, perpetually covered with ice and snow, gleamed through the clouds with running colors of amaranth, green and mottled gold.
— from The Eternal Maiden by T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré
- Excess of acetate of alumina turns it on the AMARANTH TINT ; the acetate of iron darkens it.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson
- Blood crimson, shaded amaranth.
— from Roses and Rose Growing by Rose Georgina Kingsley
- Perchance on board are riches, To cheer the minstrel’s lot, And glory’s crown of amaranth, Whose purple fadeth not.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXX, No. 2, February 1847 by Various