Literary notes about Xanthic (AI summary)
The term "xanthic" is often used to evoke vivid hues associated with yellow and its variants in literary contexts. For example, in one passage, a "brave xanthic bloom" paints an image of a boldly colored flower ([1]). The word is also employed to classify color series, as seen when authors distinguish between a yellow-inclusive "Xanthic" group and others, such as the "Cyanic" series ([2], [3]). In botanical descriptions, "xanthic" is used to emphasize the presence of yellow in flora ([4]). Additionally, the color descriptor extends to nuanced applications, describing tints from an "intense gamboge" devoid of orange shades to deep orange with a reddish tinge ([5], [6]). Overall, "xanthic" serves as a versatile literary device, highlighting the rich, varied spectrum of yellow and its related tones.
- Brave xanthic bloom!
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, July 1883 by Chautauqua Institution - The first, which included the yellow, was called the Xanthic ; the second, which omitted the yellow, the Cyanic .
— from Eye Spy: Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Gibson - The type of the cyanic series is blue, and that of the xanthic series yellow.
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899Volume LV, No. 3, July 1899 by Various - Xanthic, flowers including yellow in their color, 45 .
— from Eye Spy: Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Gibson - Xanthic tint a very intense gamboge, without any shade of orange.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway - Xanthic tints deep orange, with a reddish tinge on the breast.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway
