very pale yellow colors

Literary analysis:

In literature, the color “very pale yellow” is frequently used to evoke a subtle, delicate visual impression whether describing natural elements or man-made objects. Writers often employ it to detail the nuanced hues of wings, plumage, and eggs—as seen when an insect’s tender pupae gradually darken from a very pale yellow ([1]), or when a bird’s under plumage is noted as very pale yellow ([2], [3])—thus highlighting the fragility or transience of life. Equally, this soft tint appears in descriptions of everyday items; a wall’s coating is rendered in a very pale yellow that enhances its understated charm ([4]), while even the glow of a well-baked treat or the refined tint of a candle’s tallow is rendered in this hue to evoke a gentle warmth ([5], [6]). Through these varied contextual applications—from gentle natural palettes to subtle hints in man-made textures—the color serves as a versatile literary tool to suggest lightness, delicacy, and quiet beauty ([7], [8], [9]).

As in other insects, the teneral pupæ are very pale yellow but gradually darken in color until, at emergence, they are of a dark brownish-black.
— from Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Vol. 11, No. 4, December 1919 by Various
Hen : Upper plumage earthy brown, lower plumage very pale yellow.
— from Indian Birds: Being a Key to the Common Birds of the Plains of India by Douglas Dewar
The hind wings are very pale yellow.
— from Butterflies and Moths (British) by William S. Furneaux
It makes a very pale yellow coating for the walls, which is by no means unsightly.
— from Haifa; or, Life in modern Palestine by Laurence Oliphant
It made the candles much firmer, also bettered their light, and moreover changed the tallow hue to an agreeable very pale yellow.
— from Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by Martha McCulloch-Williams
Bake on a well-buttered pan in a quick oven a very pale yellow.
— from Choice Cookery by Catherine Owen
The shade of gilding ranges in the depth of its tone from a very pale yellow to the full lustre of virgin gold.
— from The Life of an Insect being a history of the changes of insects from the egg to the perfect being.
He is of a very pale yellow colour, sprinkled with black spots like the leopard, but closer to each other, and much smaller.
— from Buffon's Natural History. Volume 09 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c by Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de
Here was also another berry, of a very pale yellow colour, that resembles a raspberry, and is of a very agreeable flavour.
— from Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793. Vol. I by Alexander Mackenzie

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