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Literary notes about chestnut (AI summary)

In literature, "chestnut" is often used as a rich, warm color that evokes natural beauty and depth. Authors frequently employ the term to describe hair, lending their characters an earthy elegance; for instance, phrases like "chestnut hair" and "bright chestnut locks" ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5]) emphasize both vibrancy and subtle warmth. Similarly, the color appears in descriptions of animal features and other natural elements, as seen in depictions of a "chestnut-maroon" shade or "dark chestnut spots" that contribute to a realistic and tactile portrayal of texture ([6], [7], [8], [9]). These uses underscore how the color chestnut functions not just as a visual detail, but as a literary device that enriches characterization and settings with a familiar, comforting glow.
  1. But to be a real beauty you’ve got to have blue eyes and golden or chestnut hair and a little mouth, or else black eyes and hair like Rosita’s.
    — from Patience Sparhawk and Her Times: A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
  2. Madame de Frontignac laid her forehead on Mary's knee, and her long chestnut hair drooped down over her face.
    — from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various
  3. Sleek and trim were his bright chestnut locks; and his arms were damascened with silver, for he was one who loved the pomp and luxury of war.
    — from Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 03 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
  4. added she, coquettishly tossing the chestnut tresses over her shoulders of ivory, “I fear we have been wasting time.
    — from The Maroon by Mayne Reid
  5. ‘You see my hair is chestnut, and I doubt me if pink suits the colour so well as forget-me-not.’
    — from Eve: A Novel by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
  6. The back is chestnut-maroon, shading off to whitish near the tail.
    — from Birds of the Plains by Douglas Dewar
  7. Its body resembles that of a beast, and is covered with hair of a light hue, interspersed with dark chestnut spots.
    — from Another World: Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah by Benjamin Lumley
  8. Its chin, throat, and breast are chestnut-red, and on each cheek there is a patch of similar hue.
    — from Birds of the Indian Hills by Douglas Dewar
  9. v.c. timber 8 Slaty-gray; white eyebrow; abdomen rich chestnut; tail tipped white; f., faint white eyebrow.
    — from An Australian Bird Book: A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach

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