dark_gray colors

Literary analysis:

In literature, dark gray functions as a versatile descriptor that lends both physical detail and symbolic depth to a narrative. Writers use dark gray to characterize personal features—such as in descriptions of eyes and clothing that hint at quiet intensity or hidden complexity ([1], [2], [3], [4])—as well as to evoke atmospheric moods in natural settings. For instance, a dark gray rainstorm or sky ([5], [6], [7]) often conveys a sense of melancholy or foreboding, while landscapes and objects rendered in dark gray—from rugged railroads ([8]) to craggy cliffs ([9]) and even stone dwellings ([10], [11], [12])—create a backdrop that is both realistic and charged with emotion. In these examples, dark gray is not just a color but a literary tool that enhances the texture and tone of the story.

Leslie lets her dark gray eyes fall on his handsome upturned face as if she had been recalled to earth.
— from Leslie's Loyalty by Charles Garvice
His age was about thirty, and he had large, dark eyes, and a slight, dark moustache, and his face generally was interesting; he wore a dark gray suit.
— from Sacred and Profane Love: A Novel in Three Episodes by Arnold Bennett
Without being handsome David Hale had a fine strong face with interesting dark gray eyes and a smile which illuminated his entire expression.
— from The Camp Fire Girls in Glorious France by Margaret Vandercook
In his dark gray suit, Alpine hat and his gray gloves, something of the gentleman which was in him became evident.
— from Peggy Stewart at School by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson
It was a blowing, dark gray rainstorm.
— from Baartock by Lewis Roth
The sky was all one dark gray.
— from Bonaventure: A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana by George Washington Cable
The morning star shone radiant in the dark gray sky.
— from Tales of lonely trails by Zane Grey
A railroad is a dark gray line, always curving gently when it turns.
— from The Fledgling by Charles Nordhoff
These cliffs were dark gray, rough, jagged and forbidding, and seemed to quietly mock the roving, rushing sea which beat upon them.
— from The Birthright by Joseph Hocking
It was a two-storied domicile, plain to the verge of ugliness, built of roughly-hewn blocks of the dark gray stone of the country.
— from A Minion of the Moon: A Romance of the King's Highway by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight
Everywhere upon the shores of the island I noticed boulders of dark gneiss; upon the west coast they were generally small, and of a dark gray color.
— from In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by M'Clintock, Francis Leopold, Sir
The casing of the door, formed by fluted pilasters, was dark gray in color, and so highly polished that it shone as if varnished.
— from The Alkahest by Honoré de Balzac

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