misty-pale

Updated: January 25, 2026

Vega burned, cobalt blue, in the heart of the Lyre. Colors, colors! Inside the atmosphere of Earth's night, the stars had been pale white sparks against black. Here, against the misty-pale swirls of cosmic dust, they burned with color heaped on color; the bloody burning crimson of Antares, the metallic gold of Capella, the sullen pulsing of Betelgeuse.

Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Colors of Space