Literary notes about cloudy white (AI summary)
The color "cloudy white" is used in literature to evoke a sense of delicate beauty and ethereal atmosphere. In descriptions of characters, it dresses figures in an almost otherworldly light—as seen in passages where a youth is robed in cloudy white, underscoring both fragility and enigmatic allure [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Beyond clothing, the hue embellishes natural elements and scenes; for example, the plum blossoms imbued with a cloudy white glow create a springtime mistiness that blurs the line between reality and dream [9], while the smoke-tree itself is celebrated for its cloudy white aspect that hints at an inner fire [10]. Even the sky is not spared, as it is transformed by a moon-stained cloudy white that softens the harshness of night with a faded rainbow [11]. Through these varied applications, "cloudy white" becomes a versatile literary tool, enriching narratives with both visual delicacy and symbolic depth.
- The face was that of youth, with a strange mournful beauty; the throat and shoulders were bare, the rest of the form in a loose robe of cloudy white.
— from The Haunters & The HauntedGhost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural - The face was that of youth, with a strange mournful beauty: the throat and shoulders were bare, the rest of the form in a loose robe of cloudy white.
— from The Best Ghost Stories - The face was that of youth, with a strange, mournful beauty; the throat and shoulders were bare, the rest of the form in a loose robe of cloudy white.
— from The Haunted and the Haunters; Or, The House and the Brain by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron - The face was that of youth, with a strange, mournful beauty; the throat and shoulders were bare; the rest of the form in a loose robe of cloudy white.
— from True Ghost Stories by Hereward Carrington - The face was that of youth, with a strange, mournful beauty; the throat and shoulders were bare, the rest of the form in a loose robe of cloudy white.
— from The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English - The face was that of youth, with a strange mournful beauty; the throat and shoulders were bare, the rest of the form in a loose robe of cloudy white.
— from Great Ghost Stories - The face was that of youth, with a strange mournful beauty; the throat and shoulders were bare, the rest of the form in a loose robe of cloudy white.
— from The Boy Scouts Book of Stories - Old Coriander was there with his fat wife, the lovely Clara floating about in a cloudy white dress, and followed by a train of admiring swains.
— from Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Artemus Ward, George Macdonald, Max Adeler, Samuel Lover, and Others by Various - The cloudy white blossoms of the plum trees filled the grove with a springtime mistiness which gave an illusion of distance.
— from Main Street by Sinclair Lewis - The smoke-tree's cloudy white Has fire within its breast.
— from Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, Volume 01 October-March, 1912-13 by Various - Now a sky that hath a moon Staining all the cloudy white With a faded rainbow—soon Lost in deeps of heavenly night!
— from The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald
