lie-de-vin

Updated: July 18, 2025

But there is no grey in the blue of the sea here it is blue, blue, unmitigated, almost dazzling blue, save where in the sun it turns to quite dazzling white, or in the deeper shadows takes on tints that are almost crimson, tints of lie-de-vin. Oh, why are n't you here? If you were here, I think a veil would fall from before my eyes, and I should see everything differently.

Henry Harland - The Lady Paramount