In literature, pale blue is often employed to evoke an atmosphere of calmness, elegance, and subtle intricacy. It appears in descriptions of sumptuous fabrics—like velvet and chiffon—that imbue garments with a refined delicacy ([1], [2], [3]), and it is frequently used to describe eyes which suggest both vulnerability and intensity ([4], [5], [6], [7]). Beyond character details, pale blue colors natural settings and objects; for instance, authors depict clear skies and serene landscapes imbued with a gentle luminescence ([8], [9], [10], [11]) or use the color to highlight the soft glow of light and water ([12], [13], [14]). This versatile hue, bridging the realms of human detail and nature’s ambiance, serves as an evocative element to enhance mood and imagery throughout literary works.
- she hadn't got to upstairs yet, but she must just take a peep and see the silver bedstead, all hung with pale blue velvet.
— from Quicksilver Sue by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
- But now,” and she shrugged her shoulders, half-hidden in their pale blue chiffon, the movement causing her diamonds to gleam with fiery iridescence.
— from Whoso Findeth a Wife by William Le Queux
- Patty was looking lovely in pale blue chiffon with tiny French rosebuds of pink satin adorning it here and there.
— from Patty's Social Season by Carolyn Wells
- Returning faster than he came, his large white cheeks were slightly flushed; his pale blue eyes wore a startled look.
— from Geoffrey Strong by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
- Nearly all were dark; olive faces, black hair, and black pointed beards, but now and then one had fair hair, and eyes of a cold, pale blue.
— from The Free Rangers: A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
- So did some of the men, notably David Campbell, who passed from one group to another, his pale blue eyes a-glisten with enthusiasm.
— from The Hosts of the Lord by Flora Annie Webster Steel
- Muriel sprang up when she heard the door close and in her pale blue eyes there was an expression of hatred when she saw who had entered the room.
— from Nan of the Gypsies by Grace May North
- Not a leaf stirred on the trees; the sky was of a clear, pale blue; there was just a faint touch of frost in the air.
— from Girls New and Old by L. T. Meade
- The sun was warmer now on the bright waters of the Frith, and the distant haze over the pale blue mountains beyond had grown more luminous.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various
- The weather opened finely the next morning; the sky a pretty pale blue, and the sea calm and beautiful.
— from Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo
Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta by W. Cope Devereux
- Overhead the autumn sky was a vault of pale blue; and a bird or two chirped briskly from the roof opposite.
— from The King's Achievement by Robert Hugh Benson
- The light is pale blue.
— from The Life Radiant by Lilian Whiting
- [120] Set in a basin of pure white silica, delicately carved and fretted, lay a pool of pale blue water, so pure in colour, so opaque in substance.
— from Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water
The Journal of a Tour Through the British Empire and America by Ethel Gwendoline Vincent
- He drew a glass rod from his pocket, the tip of which glowed with a pale blue light.
— from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 by Various