violet
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The light softened toward sunset, an evening echo of the same violet sky that hovered over Julian at the start of the day.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
This is because the sunlight it reflects reaches us through a more dense part of the Earth's atmosphere which scatters blue and violet light, and means only the redder hues reach us.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
It is the best event the site has seen since 2016, with swathes of the desert transformed and covered in golden and violet flora.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
The author promises discoveries as well as a fresh take on the familiar, including 19th-century paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Charles-François Daubigny, a violet Caspar David Friedrich moonscape and plenty of Georgia O’Keeffe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Everything was sort of violet and still, the sky green paling into gold beyond the gable of the house and a plume of smoke rising from the chimney without any wind.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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