Literary notes about Color (AI summary)
In literature, "color" serves as both a vivid descriptor and a potent symbol. Writers use it to paint physical scenes and convey human emotion—flushed cheeks signaling renewed life or passion [1, 2], or landscapes transforming into riotous displays of hues [3, 4]. Beyond visual imagery, "color" embodies deeper social and cultural meanings, marking distinctions in identity and experience [5, 6] while also evoking shifts in mood or character, as when it signals change or even embarrassment [7, 8]. Whether capturing the delicate tint of a soft blush [9] or providing sharp detail in botanical descriptions [10], the word "color" enriches narratives by merging the tangible with the symbolic.
- " A sigh of relief broke from his parched lips, and the color came back to his cheeks.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - To the young surgeon it seemed a fairy scene flaming with the color and glow of a life which he had never known.
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey - The immense gardens are riotous with color- roses of a dozen hues, snapdragons, lavender, pansies, poppies.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - The sea far below them was sapphire, the cliffs pink with moss—gorgeous color.
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey - All these careers are at the very outset closed to the Negro on account of his color; what lawyer would give even a minor case to a Negro assistant?
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - [Indicates the geographical distribution of differences in skin color, hair form, clothing, customs, languages, etc.]
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - †To change color; to blush.
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson - V. lose color &c. 428; fade, fly, go; become colorless &c. adj.; turn pale, pale.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - "May I know the others?" Jo looked up and Jo looked down, then said slowly, with sudden color in her cheeks.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - It is mountain grown, and the bean is large and blue-green in color.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
