Literary notes about cobalt blue (AI summary)
Cobalt blue often emerges in literature as a striking and versatile hue that paints vivid scenes and imbues objects with symbolic significance. Authors invoke its brilliance to describe both natural landscapes and crafted details—for instance, the burning cobalt blue of a prairie sky under a searing sun [1], or a river that “ran cobalt blue” between brown banks [2]. The color also accents living subjects and decorative items, such as the large cobalt blue patches on a black bird’s wings [3] or elements of tropical Spanish-American scenes paired with other vivid tones [4]. In these varied contexts, cobalt blue not only defines a specific visual tone but also connects readers to an artistic tradition where its luminous quality is celebrated in both nature and design [5, 6, 7].
- The sun burned through the cobalt blue of the prairie sky, and there was not anywhere in the great, blue dome an atom of cloud.
— from Annette, the Metis Spy: A Heroine of the N.W. Rebellion by J. E. (Joseph Edmund) Collins - The river ran cobalt blue between its brown banks, bare but for the patches of snow that lay here and there in unsunned hollows.
— from Sir Christopher: A Romance of a Maryland Manor in 1644 by Maud Wilder Goodwin - A black bird with large cobalt blue patches on the forehead and the wings.
— from Indian Birds: Being a Key to the Common Birds of the Plains of India by Douglas Dewar - But they are painted in the colors of tropical Spanish-America, in pink, yellow, cobalt blue, and behind the peaked points are scarlet tiles.
— from The White Mice by Richard Harding Davis - The body of this species is cobalt blue, the apex of the shell is flat, its colour opaque, and the last whorl more expanded than in others.
— from Our British Snails by J. W. (John William) Horsley - Cobalt blue, or "azure," was only discovered in the sixteenth century by a German glass-maker.
— from The Story of Rouen by Theodore Andrea Cook - Cobalt Blue—A fine pale blue, and a most beautiful panel color.
— from Practical Carriage and Wagon PaintingA Treatise on the Painting of Carriages, Wagons and Sleighs, Embracing Full and Explicit Directions for Executing All Kinds of Work, Including Painting Factory Work, Lettering, Scrolling, Ornamenting, Varnishing, etc., with Many Tested Recipes and Formulas by M. C. (Mayton Clarence) Hillick
