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Color:
Marble White


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Colors with the same hue:
Pitch
Tar
Coal
Jet
Hematite
Tungsten
Smalt 
Soot
Egyptian blue
Faded Black
Dusk
Dim gray
Dolphin
Gray 
Weathered Gray
Dusty
Haze
Quick silver
Striking Silver
Dark gray 
Silver
Cloud
Light Gray
Stainless Steel
Soap
Light silver
Sparkling Silver
Gainsboro
Chrome
Mercury
Similar colors:
Shell
Luminous White
Ethereal White
Cultured
Stark White
White
Mercury
Chrome
Gainsboro
Sparkling Silver
Light silver
Whisper
Stainless Steel
Magnolia
Light Gray
Cloud
Shimmer
Moonlight
Silver
Porcelain
Soap
Dark gray 
Soft Lavender
Pale lavender
Striking Silver
Fog
Quick silver
Periwinkle
Haze
Faint Pink
Words evoked by this color:
pantheon,  pedestal,  sculptural,  sculptured,  vanishing,  isabel,  isabella,  pasty,  drywall,  maggot,  parsnip,  rarefied,  albright,  albrecht,  pellucid,  waterford,  hone,  carroll,  liddell,  named,  disappeared,  unobserved,  inimitable,  daw,  before,  bering,  untouched,  translucent,  cosmo,  slightest,  pallor,  whither,  reverently,  whyte,  pardoned,  ilk,  wonder,  slender,  soapbox,  arrangement,  dreamweaver,  cream,  creamy,  conceivable,  fitzpatrick,  complexion,  sheath,  boney,  egghead,  tartar
Literary analysis:
The term "marble white" is frequently invoked in literature to evoke an almost sculptural, timeless quality in both figures and structures. Many authors describe human features with this hue to suggest an ethereal pallor—faces that are "marble white" often hint at a stoic, emotionless state or a spectral beauty, as seen in a solemn figure whose complexion is rendered in lifelike stone ([1], [2], [3]). Meanwhile, the same descriptive language is applied to objects and settings to accentuate a pristine, refined appearance, rendering details such as the gleam of knights' armor or the luminous facades of buildings with an almost classical grandeur ([4], [5]). In both cases, "marble white" serves as a bridge between art and nature, evoking both the cool permanence of carved stone and a quiet, haunting beauty.
  1. She could not get out of her eyes the vision of that little solemn figure, so motionless, so marble white.
    — from Sir Tom by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
  2. Frances' face expressed the utmost astonishment, while her cheeks paled to an almost marble whiteness.
    — from It May Be True, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
  3. Her face was pale as usual, and had the same marble whiteness which always marked it.
    — from Cord and Creese by James De Mille
  4. In the hall a hundred knights of "marble white" lay sleeping by their steeds of "marble black as the raven's back."
    — from Northumberland Yesterday and To-day by Jean F. (Jean Finlay) Terry
  5. At a little distance was the church shining with marble whiteness in the afternoon sun.
    — from The Outcaste by F. E. (Fanny Emily) Penny

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