Literary notes about ethereal green (AI summary)
Ethereal green is often invoked in literature to bestow an otherworldly or transient quality upon a scene. It frequently appears as a celestial tint—a hue that bridges the gap between the vivid yellows of dawn or dusk and the deeper blues of a summer sky, as seen in descriptions that transition from daffodil hues to a luminous summer blue [1, 2, 3]. This spectral color not only enlivens landscapes—transforming sweeping fields so that the grass gleams with the diluted clarity of spring sunshine [4]—but also subtly shapes more intimate moments, such as character attire that hints at mystery or folklore [5]. Additionally, the interplay of ethereal green with amber hues in the delicate framing of cumuli clouds adds a sense of cradle-like wonder to the natural world [6, 7].
- Overhead the sky ascended in varying tints of daffodil and faint ethereal greenness up to the deep yet bright summer blue.
— from Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3) by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant - The delicate lemon yellow and ethereal green tints had vanished from the sky and the red glow darkened menacingly.
— from The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows by Joseph Conrad - Over the rim of the saddle the sky was deep orange, passing upwards through amber, yellow, and vague ethereal green to the ordinary firmamental blue.
— from The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related by John Tyndall - Everywhere the grass was of ethereal greenness, a greenness drenched with the pale yellow of spring sunshine.
— from Susanna and Sue by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - He saw some one coming toward him dressed in ethereal green, mounted and carrying a [ 34 ] shade, with servants accompanying.
— from Korean folk tales : by Pang Im and Yuk Yi - Clear spaces of amber and ethereal green embraced the red and purple cumuli, and seemed to form the cradle in which they swung.
— from Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 - Clear spaces of amber and ethereal green embraced the red and purple cumuli, and seemed to form the cradle in which they swung.
— from The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related by John Tyndall
