Literary notes about faint blush (AI summary)
In literature, the term "faint blush" is often deployed as a subtle, almost ethereal hue that adds a quiet warmth to both natural and inanimate descriptions. Authors invoke the imagery of a gentle pink glow to evoke the delicate emergence of dawn, as seen when the "first faint blush of dawn" lights up the horizon [1, 2, 3]. Beyond natural landscapes, this color quality is applied to evoke nuanced beauty in objects and even skin tones—the phrase describes everything from a fruit’s delicate tint [4] to a complexion "washed with a faint blush" [5] and even a delicate, rose-like quality in a palette of hues [6]. In each context, "faint blush" conjures an understated radiance that enriches the sensory landscape of the narrative.
- When the first faint blush of dawn appeared in the east, a blast from thirty cedar horns broke the stillness of the beautiful mountain village.
— from The Sheep Eaters by William Alonzo Allen - Toward the east the coulee rim showed dimly against the first faint blush of dawn.
— from Prairie Flowers by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx - The sky is neutral tinted, save in the east, where a faint blush lingers.
— from A String of Amber Beads by Martha Everts Holden - Fruit large, oblate, yellowish white, with a faint blush.
— from The Apple The Kansas Apple, the Big Red Apple; the Luscious, Red-Cheeked First Love of the Farmer's Boy; the Healthful, Hearty Heart of the Darling Dumpling. What It Is; How to Grow It; Its Commercial and Economic Importance; How to Utilize It. - Skin greenish yellow, washed with a faint blush on one side.
— from The Apple The Kansas Apple, the Big Red Apple; the Luscious, Red-Cheeked First Love of the Farmer's Boy; the Healthful, Hearty Heart of the Darling Dumpling. What It Is; How to Grow It; Its Commercial and Economic Importance; How to Utilize It. - Some purplish crimson, others a faint blush of rose.
— from Talks About Flowers. by Wellcome, M. D., Mrs.
