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Color:
Illusion


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Colors with the same hue:
Malbec
Cosmic Purple
Boysenberry
Amaranth deep purple
Bold Fuchsia
Medium violet-red
Red-violet
Mystic maroon
Grimy Gray
Fashion fuchsia
Hollywood cerise
Mulberry
Pink 
Persian rose
Wild orchid
Hot pink
Pastel magenta
Metallic pink
Lavender Pink
Delicate Rose
Nearby colors:
Carnation pink
Kobi
Amaranth pink
Nadeshiko pink
Cotton candy
Little girl pink
Charm pink
Light Thulian pink
Pink pearl
Thistle 
Middle purple
Light orchid
Orchid 
Cameo pink
Orchid pink
Taffy Pink
Words evoked by this color:
gradual,  tiptoed,  euphemism,  polite,  lenient,  complaisant,  politely,  disarm,  kind,  nurturance,  kindly,  nicely,  tending,  solicitous,  touching,  mothering,  sensitively,  sympathetically,  apology,  caress,  intimated,  caressed,  coaxing,  nurturing,  nuzzle,  snuggled,  caressing,  motherly,  disarming,  tenderly,  esthetician,  elise,  personal,  crochet,  empathy,  caregiver,  knitting,  embracing,  embraced,  humaine,  kinship,  succour,  caregiving,  humane,  domesticity,  apologetically,  cuddle,  cradled,  postpartum,  tender
Literary analysis:
In a few select works, authors have endowed the term “illusion” with a quality akin to a hue—imbuing it with a luminous, almost tangible character rather than relegating it solely to the realm of deception. For example, one passage speaks of a “crowning illusion of light, shadow, and atmosphere” [1], where the interplay of visual elements suggests that illusion itself takes on a chromatic brilliance. Similarly, another text describes a “radiant illusion” that seems to wash over the mind with the vibrancy of youth and an ephemeral glow [2]. In yet another instance, the image of a “magnificent illusion [that] rose” evokes a scene so rich in visual texture it appears colored by the very magic of its transient beauty [3]. These examples show how, in literature, the notion of illusion can be transformed into a metaphorical color—one that paints reality with shifting, dreamlike tones.
  1. st a vision by the crowning illusion of light, shadow, and atmosphere.
    — from Under the Redwoods by Bret Harte
  2. The youth in her brain created a radiant illusion of immortality.
    — from Life and Gabriella: The Story of a Woman's Courage by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
  3. [Pg 240] But fair as now the green earth spreads, with woods, Champaign, and hills, and many winding streams 280 Robed, the magnificent illusion rose.
    — from The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by William Lisle Bowles


Colors associated with the word:
Opal
Lavender 
Phantom Black
Ethereal White
Smoky Quartz
Words with similar colors:
illusory,  wisp,  hazy,  distant,  speechless,  seeming,  wavering,  reverie,  reve,  glimpsed,  quivered,  ephemeral,  ether,  transient,  glimpse,  iridescent,  diaphanous,  moist,  yonder,  somnolent


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