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Literary notes about pale yellow (AI summary)

In literature, pale yellow often emerges as a delicate, evocative hue that imbues both nature and human elements with a subtle, sometimes ethereal quality. Writers use it to paint scenes of gentle light transforming landscapes—such as a wintry afternoon where the bare branches are illuminated by pale yellow light ([1]) or a sea gradually warming up under a sunrise’s pale yellow glow ([2])—suggesting transitions and moods of calm or bittersweet nostalgia. The color also lends an almost spectral quality to figures and objects; for instance, the pale yellow hair of a deceased wife creates a dreamlike, haunting image ([3]), while a youthful figure in a pale yellow dress conveys both innocence and fragility ([4]). Additionally, everyday items and settings, from softly lit walls ([5]) to elegant accessories ([6]), are often detailed in pale yellow, highlighting its versatility in evoking warmth, gentleness, and a whisper of melancholy.
  1. The frozen gravelled path was lightly powdered with snow, and against the bare black branches showed the pale yellow light of the wintry afternoon.
    — from The Great God Gold by William Le Queux
  2. The sea ahead lightened up, became pale yellow, then warmed into saffron, and, when the sun rose, blazed into liquid gold.
    — from The Lighthouse by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
  3. At last it came off, and, as in a dream, I saw what in a dim frozen way I had expected to see—the white face and pale yellow hair of my dead wife.
    — from Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
  4. A small youthful figure, in a pale yellow dress, lacking even the maturity of womanly outline.
    — from Maruja by Bret Harte
  5. For photographs or prints a pale yellow wall looks well—a pale lemon or primrose tint—it lights up softly and agreeably at night.
    — from Ideals in Art: Papers Theoretical, Practical, Critical by Walter Crane
  6. She threw her coat around her shoulders, caught up the skirt of the fluffy evening dress of pale yellow, and hurried toward the front door.
    — from Kitty Carter, Canteen Girl by Ruby Lorraine Radford

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