Literary authors sometimes draw on the delicate, understated hue of a magnolia blossom to evoke softness, purity, or even a peculiar brightness in their descriptions. Although many authors mention Magnolia as the stately tree or a place name, a few works use its color quality as a subtle simile. For example, one passage compares a character’s complexion to the gentle, radiant tone of a magnolia—“too white ter be named anything so yaller as a magnolia” [1]—thereby suggesting a luminous quality that both contrasts and complements the character’s features. In this way, the color “magnolia” becomes a metaphor for fragile beauty and quiet intensity, infusing the narrative with the sentimental and ornamental associations of its namesake blossom.