evening glow

Twilight's warm light

Evening glow is the warm light in the sky during and just after sunset, when the horizon takes on shades of orange, pink, and red.

The phrase can describe both the phenomenon and the mood it evokes: We sat on the porch watching the evening glow fade.

It extends to anything bathed in that light: The mountains were painted in evening glow.

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golden · amber · afterglow · horizon · silhouette · fading sun · last light · warmth · orange · pink · purple · sky · clouds · fading · radiance · luminous · soft light · soft

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Opposites
time of day

evening glowsunrise

Morning light's arrival

morning light · morning glow · first light · daybreak · aurora

light quality

evening glowdarkness

Total absence of light

pitch black · gloom · blackness · dead of night · murk

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G