Literary notes about cloudy gray (AI summary)
In these literary examples, "cloudy gray" is deployed as a multifaceted color descriptor that enhances both physical and atmospheric elements. Authors use it to define tangible qualities—as with figures entirely wrapped in cloudy gray [1] or eyes imbued with that ambiguous hue [2][3]—while also lending a moody, evocative quality to broader scenes, such as mist that shrouds a landscape in its indistinct light [4]. Moreover, in contexts ranging from the painterly choices of an artist [5][6] to the decorative detailing in architectural or mythic imagery [7], the color serves to evoke a sense of muted mystery and poetic melancholy that enriches the narrative texture.
- The figure, wingless, yet floating in erect grace, was of great size, and wrapped entirely in cloudy gray.
— from Ghosts I Have Seen, and Other Psychic Experiences by Violet Tweedale - Her eyes were a cloudy gray.
— from The Hidden Places by Bertrand W. Sinclair - When he thought of her cloudy gray eyes, he felt certain that any seeming unkindness wasn’t intended.
— from Slaves of Freedom by Coningsby Dawson - Across the flat horizon the mist hung in wraithlike forms of cloudy gray, and the deep grass into which they plunged their feet was beaded with dew.
— from The Riddle of the Frozen Flame by Mary E. Hanshew - Hence he makes much use of white, pale blue, and cloudy grays, avoiding the gorgeousness of the old masters.
— from Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Harriet Beecher Stowe - Mixed with French blue or cobalt, lamp black gives good cloudy grays, which are useful for the shadows of heavy storm clouds.
— from Field's Chromatographyor Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field - In the background a broad flight of steps, rising to a curtain of cloudy gray, embroidered with two gigantic hands holding thunderbolts.
— from The House of Rimmon: A Drama in Four Acts by Henry Van Dyke
