1862 W. M. Rossetti in July 74 The multiplicity and Colour-brilliance of the Scene.
1904 2 July 514/2 Long clear stretches of an ankle-high shrub of vivid emerald, looking in the distance like sloping meadows of a peculiar color-brilliance.
1995 G. C. Blasiola 72/1 Not all koi have the genetic potential to develop maximum color brilliance.