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Literary analysis:

Writers often use "apricot" as a gentle yet vibrant hue to evoke warmth and delicate luminosity in their descriptions. For example, the term appears in depictions of fabric, as in the "loose apricot satin sleeves" that lend an understated elegance to a garment [1] and the "pale apricot shade" of a bridesmaid's dress that adds a soft, romantic quality [2]. The color also enriches scenes with its glowing touch, seen in vivid portrayals like the "apricot glow of the lamp" that fills a room with an inviting light [3] and the "deep apricot glow" that warms a mown field at dusk [4]. Even human features are touched by this hue, with "apricot cheeks" suggesting a natural, tender radiance [5]. These examples illustrate how the color "apricot" has been effectively employed in literature to invoke both visual richness and an emotive warmth.

A tense little figure clad in apricot satin confronted her, crying out in tones too plainly audible to those standing near, "Where is my bracelet?
— from Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman by Josephine Chase
[pg 59] "The bridesmaid's dress was of heavy white crêpe-de-chine, of pale apricot shade."— Provincial Paper .
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920 by Various
After dinner the younger man faced him squarely across the apricot glow of the lamp in the middle room.
— from The Three Black Pennys: A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer
The sun was nearing the western horizon and a deep apricot glow warmed the mown field and the undulating foliage in the far distance.
— from Innocent : her fancy and his fact by Marie Corelli
Apricot cheeks and almond eyes.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1967 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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