"Purplish-green" Quotes from Famous Books
... that began with the farther ridge; great patches of bush radiant with the colouring of June; here and there the gleam of water, and half a mile away a lake that was like a giant mirror set in a purplish-green ... — Nomads of the North - A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars • James Oliver Curwood
... the fruit of India, (as the pine-apple is of the Eastern Islands, and the orange of the West,) was now blossoming, and a superb sight. The young leaves are purplish-green, and form a curious contrast to the deep lurid hue of the older foliage; especially when the tree is (which often occurs) dimidiate, one half the green, and the other the red shades of colours; when in full blossom, all forms a mass of yellow, diffusing ... — Himalayan Journals (Complete) • J. D. Hooker |