metallic_purple colors

Literary analysis:

In literature, metallic purple is often employed as a striking visual cue to emphasize unique or vibrant aspects of a character’s or creature’s appearance. Writers have described parts of the head—like the top [1] and forehead [2]—as metallic purple to set these features apart, while other passages use the hue to accentuate details on the chin, throat, or entire areas such as an insect’s under surface [3, 4, 5]. The color not only highlights physical distinctiveness but also often interacts with other tones, creating dynamic contrasts—as seen when metallic purple mingles with green or lilac highlights in the light [6, 7].

The top of his head is metallic purple, the entire back metallic green, while the under parts are pale grey, a little lighter at the throat.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 5 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
Forehead dark metallic purple; crown and nape dull red. guimarasensis (p. 655 ) c 2 .
— from A Manual of Philippine Birds by Richard C. (Richard Crittenden) McGregor
Tail not tipped with white; forehead and crown metallic green; mantle maroon-red; entire chin and throat metallic purple juliæ (p. 654 ) d 2 .
— from A Manual of Philippine Birds by Richard C. (Richard Crittenden) McGregor
It covers the back of Cetonia floricola with golden bronze and the under surface with metallic purple.
— from The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Jean-Henri Fabre
The neck and upper back are dull crimson, the lower back, chin, and throat are brilliant metallic purple.
— from Indian Birds: Being a Key to the Common Birds of the Plains of India by Douglas Dewar
The whole plumage is dark metallic purple, looking black in some lights, but in the sun’s rays it displays a green or lilac sheen.
— from Indian Birds: Being a Key to the Common Birds of the Plains of India by Douglas Dewar
The tail is exceedingly long, and of a fine metallic purple, while the plumage of the body is light coffee brown.
— from The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1 The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise; A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature by Alfred Russel Wallace

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