Object in The Oz Series
the six colored suns
Also known as six great glowing balls, this splendid group of colored suns, the flaming colored suns, the glowing star of the six colored suns, the six suns, Those colored suns, the six great colored suns.
A group of six great glowing balls suspended in the air deep within the earth's interior: a central large white sun surrounded by five smaller colored suns (rose, violet, yellow, blue, orange) arranged like the points of a star, casting rainbow-tinted light over the world below.
Appears in 6 chapters, first in chapter 71, last in chapter 76.
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What the story establishes
| Appearance | Six great glowing balls: one large white central sun surrounded by five smaller ones colored rose, violet, yellow, blue, and orange, arranged like the points of a star, radiating rainbow-tinted rays. (as of ch. 71) |
| Object type | Artifact |
| Properties | Their shifting colored light constantly changes the apparent color of flowers, plants, and grass below, making the same grass appear pink, violet, or blue from moment to moment. (as of ch. 73) |
Relationships
- witnesses ← Dorothy (ended) ch. 71Dorothy leans over the buggy and sees six great glowing colored suns arranged like a star below her, their rainbow rays illuminating everything as she falls past them.
From the text
There was no heat in the colored suns, however, and after they had passed below them the top of the buggy shut out many of the piercing rays so that the boy and girl could open their eyes again.Chapter 71
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