Literary notes about fiery orange (AI summary)
Fiery orange in literature often serves as a vivid, dynamic accent that evokes excitement, passion, or natural brilliance. For example, it marks a crest that bursts into view during moments of excitement, emphasizing both energy and transformation [1]. Authors contrast this vibrant hue with darker or more subdued tones to create striking visuals, as seen in the depiction of a descending celestial shape that sets the stage for a frenzied atmosphere [2] or in skies at sunset, where fiery orange is cast against essential blackness [3]. It is also applied to describe the intricate details of creatures and attire, such as in the patterned markings of an animal's body [4] or a mantle that complements a blue gown [5]. These diverse applications demonstrate how fiery orange can symbolize anything from the warmth of a natural phenomenon to the intensity of human emotion, making it a versatile and evocative tool in the writer’s palette.
- Under the loose grey feathers of the crown is a fiery orange crest displayed in moments of excitement.
— from Argentine Ornithology, Volume 1 (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Philip Lutley Sclater - Through the dark firmament that fiery orange shape began canting downward; and the cheering swelled in a savage frenzy of sound.
— from Saint's Progress by John Galsworthy - On the evening that I am remembering the sun left a sky of fiery orange barred by clouds of essential blackness.
— from A Wanderer in Holland by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas - The body was marked with shaded spots of white, yellow, and fiery orange, while the head and thorax were intense black.
— from The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1 The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise; A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature by Alfred Russel Wallace - While he dressed, she had quietly been dressing, too, in a long blue gown and a fiery orange woolen mantle.
— from The Saracen: The Holy War by Robert Shea
