Literary notes about slate gray (AI summary)
Slate gray emerges in literature as a versatile and evocative color descriptor, often imbuing objects and scenes with a cool, muted, and sometimes somber character. It is used to paint both natural and man-made elements—from the gritty adobe walls ([1]) and stained roofs ([2]) to the shifting hues of expansive skies that transition from obsidian to pale blue ([3]). Slate gray also marks the textures of living beings and crafted items: it defines the subtle coloration of feathers ([4]), the distinctive skin tones mentioned in descriptions of dark races ([5], [6]), and even the intricate detail of photographic negatives ([7]). Whether highlighting the quiet elegance of a landscape or the nuanced expression in a moment of close observation ([8], [9], [10]), slate gray consistently functions as a refined, understated accent in literary imagery.
- Second, a steel or slate gray adobe with much gravel of a coarse nature.
— from The Raisin Industry A practical treatise on the raisin grapes, their history, culture and curing by Gustavus A. Eisen - A stained roof in slate gray
— from The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration by Charles Franklin Warner - Its rays slanted upward, shadows fled from the sage; the obsidian sky with its strewn diamonds became slate gray and, in moments, a pale washed blue.
— from First on the Moon by Jeff Sutton - The feathers are dark brown and slate gray, spotted white on the sides.
— from A Natural History for Young People: Our Animal Friends in Their Native Homesincluding mammals, birds and fishes by Phebe Westcott Humphreys - In brunettes and women of dark races this surface is pigmented; in dark races it is usually a slate gray.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Havelock Ellis - The affected parts are covered with grayish, greasy scales, which are easily dislodged, the skin underneath is oily and slate gray in color.
— from Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter - Positive$ are reddish brown and negatives slate gray.
— from The Automobile Storage Battery: Its Care And Repair by Otto A. Witte - And Tristram had said their color was slate gray; for her part she saw nothing but pools of jet ink!
— from The Reason Why by Elinor Glyn - The head is slate gray to blackish brown in all the specimens.
— from A New Snake of the Genus Geophis From Chihuahua, Mexico by John M. Legler - She looked away from Miles, and down upon the river, where the topsails of a schooner, slate gray, glided above the fir-points.
— from Admiral's Light by Henry Milner Rideout
