Literary notes about garnet (AI summary)
In literature, the color “garnet” is often employed to evoke a deep, rich red that suggests both warmth and luxury. For example, authors describe sumptuous fabrics such as “rich garnet velvet” to imbue a scene with a sense of opulence and tactile beauty [1]. The hue appears on garments too, with characters donning “garnet-colored slippers” or a “garnet dress,” emphasizing elegance and refined taste [2, 3]. Nature is not exempt from this vivid imagery either; phrases like “garnet-red foliage” extend the color’s vibrant intensity to the natural world [4]. Even small details, such as beads that span a spectrum “from garnet to amber” or crystals that shine as “a fine garnet-red,” reinforce the color’s role as a symbol of passion and visual richness [5, 6].
- The material was a rich garnet velvet, brocaded in white and gold, with point-lace garniture.
— from Mona; Or, The Secret of a Royal Mirror by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs. - Her belt was a corded girdle with great tassels, and her small garnet-colored slippers had a large knot of ribbon that fell over her instep.
— from Madame Bovary: A Tale of Provincial Life, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Gustave Flaubert - The old man slept in a shed that night, and dreamed of the elegant home and the handsome lady in the garnet dress.
— from A Country Idyl, and Other Stories by Sarah Knowles Bolton - She stood forth in the middle of a window, like a tall, blue plant, and the garnet-red foliage was supported by black iron rods.
— from The Cathedral by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans - [206] Beads of various sizes and colors, from garnet to amber, poured in a rainbow stream from the box to the wide-necked bottle.
— from The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston - It forms dark purple, almost black crystals, which are a fine garnet-red by transmitted light.
— from The Principles of Leather Manufacture by H. R. (Henry Richardson) Procter
