Literary notes about dark chocolate (AI summary)
In literature, the term "dark chocolate" is often employed as a vivid color descriptor to evoke a rich, warm, and earthy brown tone that carries both tangible and atmospheric qualities. Writers apply it to a variety of subjects—from the complexion of a person ([1], [2], [3]) and the surface of objects like paper and shells ([4], [5], [6]) to natural elements such as water or soil ([7], [8]) and even the wings of insects ([9]). This usage not only conveys the physical appearance, suggesting a deep and robust hue, but also often sets a mood of subtle warmth and complexity, thereby enriching the imagery with an immediacy that resonates with real-life texture and depth.
- [363] frames, and a dark chocolate-coloured complexion.
— from The Human Race by Louis Figuier - 'Their features are coarse, broad, and of a dark chocolate color.' Taylor , in Cal.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft - His skin was of an extremely dark chocolate color, his hair thin and gray.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration - The paper is dark chocolate colour, almost black; that is in order that after years of use the dirt may not show, and the room need not be done up.
— from Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth Von Arnim - 14 is a dark chocolate-coloured mitre-shaped shell.
— from Beautiful Shells of New Zealand
An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them by Edward George Britton Moss - Dark chocolate end-papers.
— from Excursions in Victorian Bibliography by Michael Sadleir - I noticed that the water was of a dark chocolate color, which means—mud.
— from An American Hobo in Europe
A True Narrative of the Adventures of a Poor American at Home and in the Old Country by Ben Goodkind - The soil, when exposed by the plough, is black in colour, or, perhaps, dark chocolate, and reveals the influence of the lavas below.
— from Armenia, Travels and Studies (Volume 1 of 2)The Russian Provinces by H. F. B. (Harry Finnis Blosse) Lynch - Its fore-wings are light brown, with a dark chocolate-brown spot on the base and tip of each.
— from Harper's Young People, January 27, 1880An Illustrated Weekly by Various