Literary notes about Deep Red (AI summary)
The hue deep red appears in literature as a vivid visual cue, establishing both mood and physical description. Writers use deep red to describe natural landscapes—for instance, a canyon with walls that shock the observer with its deep red tones [1] or skies lit by a deep red fire at sunset [2, 3]—while also portraying everyday objects like velvet damasks [4] and metal planks that separate contrasting materials [5]. In addition, deep red frequently marks the physicality of living things, be it the flushed cheeks of a startled character [6, 7, 8] or the color of fruits [9, 10] and flowers [11]. In each case, deep red functions not only as a literal descriptor but also as a symbol of intensity, passion, and dramatic transformation.
- Sight of the deep red-walled and green-floored canyon was a shock to her.
— from The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey - "On the evening of the seventh day after we had left Table Bay, the sun set like an immense globe of deep red fire, and the sky began to be overcast.
— from Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 07 - While we were still on the glacier, the sun set in a sky of deep red, changing to orange, yellow and pale blue.
— from By Forest Ways in New Zealand by F. A. Roberts - The furniture is covered in velvet damask, the prevailing tone of which is deep red.
— from Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1831-1835 by Dino, Dorothée, duchesse de - A plank of a deep red colour separates the gold and silver, with the happy effect of relieving them.
— from The Last Voyage: To India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Annie Brassey - Elizabeth Ann blushed a deep red and crushed the letter together in her hand.
— from Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher - Roger's face turned a deep red and he moved toward Wallace, but Tom put out a restraining hand.
— from On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Carey Rockwell - Exercise had brought deep red to her cheeks and her lips.
— from Her Father's Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter - Tree a moderate grower, rather small; flowers large; fruit of medium size, a rich, deep red; flesh white, rich, sweet; clingstone; ripens with Eureka.
— from The Peaches of New York by U. P. Hedrick - The berries are large, deep red, beautifully formed and of mild, yet most delicious flavor.
— from Kellogg's Great Crops of Strawberries, and How to Grow Them the Kellogg Way by R. M. Kellogg Co. - The flower is of a deep red, and five or six inches long, and in it are contained the grains or seeds.
— from The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon, A.D. 1532-50,contained in the first part of his Chronicle of Peru by Pedro de Cieza de León
