Cleopatra's auburn waves had turned to a vivid magenta: Biddy's black tresses had a blue, grapey bloom on them: and Anthony's dark eyes were a sinister green, with red lights.
"It Happened in Egypt"
C. N. Williamson A. M. Williamson
One day she quite upset me by declaring that Achille only wanted the money for himself, and that I had better be like her-give up all such folly and love-making: a most cruel, unjust, sour-grapey speech; for as to giving up her black-bearded, Italian-organ looking man, there was little giving up in the case.
"A Fluttered Dovecote"
George Manville Fenn