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Color:
Glaucous


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Colors with the same hue:
Graphite
Metallic blue
Lapis lazuli
Bright Blue
Roman silver
Bleu de France
Similar colors:
Faded Blue
Steel blue
Livid
Horizon Blue
Little boy blue
Cool Blue
Dull Blue
Lapis lazuli
Celestial Blue
French blue
Serene Blue
Cool grey
Metallic blue
Iceberg
Glacier
Faded Denim
Cornflower blue 
Dark blue-gray
Stormy Blue
Deep Sea
Bleu de France
Rhythm
Raven
Roman silver
Sea blue
Rackley
True blue
Slate gray
Manatee
Independence
Words evoked by this color:
rarely,  drifter,  worn,  dissipate,  faded,  outgrown,  used_to,  barometric,  restructure,  sluice,  pipeline,  trained,  restructured,  whet,  framework,  taut,  leveraged,  compressing,  contrivance,  physique,  sharpen,  compressive,  struct,  rebuilt,  steel,  gauging,  steen,  reinforce,  firmly,  dauntless,  convoy,  biceps,  incisive,  interlock,  bond,  tenaciously,  tenacity,  rebuild,  defended,  equipped,  tradesmen,  imagined,  sweven,  cadre,  rarity,  ist,  amix,  amy,  amite,  geode
Literary analysis:
The term "glaucous" in literature is often used to evoke a cool, muted tone—a bluish-green or gray shade that lends a sense of mystery and melancholy to a scene. Authors describe natural elements imbued with this subtle color, from water portrayed as a "queer glaucous green" that captivates the eye [1] to landscapes and vegetation marked by pale, reflective hues [2]. In more evocative passages, the color enriches character or atmosphere, as seen in the description of a figure dressed in "glaucous blue velvet" that hints at an enigmatic mood [3] or even in the portrayal of eyes that gleam with a reserved, distant light [4]. Thus, "glaucous" functions not merely as a color detail but as a literary device that enhances visual imagery and deepens the emotional resonance of a text.
  1. The water is of a queer glaucous green, olive-coloured, or rather like the tint made when you wash out a box of water-colour paints.
    — from Angling Sketches by Andrew Lang
  2. They are a pale glaucous hue, and closely grown on the stems; they greatly add to the rich effect of the flowers.
    — from Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by J. G. (John George) Wood
  3. The two women stood watching the figure in the mushroom-white hat and the glaucous blue velvet that idled forlornly along the pavement.
    — from Gray youth: The story of a very modern courtship and a very modern marriage by Oliver Onions
  4. Her glaucous eyes, which gleam beneath her vizor, gaze afar off, attentively.
    — from The Temptation of St. Anthony by Gustave Flaubert



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