ethereal_green colors

Literary analysis:

Ethereal green is often invoked in literature to bestow an otherworldly or transient quality upon a scene. It frequently appears as a celestial tint—a hue that bridges the gap between the vivid yellows of dawn or dusk and the deeper blues of a summer sky, as seen in descriptions that transition from daffodil hues to a luminous summer blue [1, 2, 3]. This spectral color not only enlivens landscapes—transforming sweeping fields so that the grass gleams with the diluted clarity of spring sunshine [4]—but also subtly shapes more intimate moments, such as character attire that hints at mystery or folklore [5]. Additionally, the interplay of ethereal green with amber hues in the delicate framing of cumuli clouds adds a sense of cradle-like wonder to the natural world [6, 7].

Overhead the sky ascended in varying tints of daffodil and faint ethereal greenness up to the deep yet bright summer blue.
— from Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3) by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The delicate lemon yellow and ethereal green tints had vanished from the sky and the red glow darkened menacingly.
— from The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows by Joseph Conrad
Over the rim of the saddle the sky was deep orange, passing upwards through amber, yellow, and vague ethereal green to the ordinary firmamental blue.
— from The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related by John Tyndall
Everywhere the grass was of ethereal greenness, a greenness drenched with the pale yellow of spring sunshine.
— from Susanna and Sue by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
He saw some one coming toward him dressed in ethereal green, mounted and carrying a [ 34 ] shade, with servants accompanying.
— from Korean folk tales : by Pang Im and Yuk Yi
Clear spaces of amber and ethereal green embraced the red and purple cumuli, and seemed to form the cradle in which they swung.
— from Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2
Clear spaces of amber and ethereal green embraced the red and purple cumuli, and seemed to form the cradle in which they swung.
— from The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related by John Tyndall

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