AtDDtA1: An After-Glow of Deep Crimson

[Ya Sam]

That's one of the instances in which Pynchon uses cliche material actually 
avoiding using a cliche. He didn't use 'crimson afterglow' which would have 
been extremely hackneyed, just look how many times it has been used

http://books.google.com/books?lr=&filter=0&q=%22crimson+afterglow%22&btnG=Search+Books&as_brr=0

You will not find 'afterglow of deep crimson' there.

However, if you search for 'afterglow of crimson' you may come across such a 
sentence:

"And as background to this pervasive peace, stood the Himalayas, white and 
holy,
their summits reaching into an afterglow of crimson."

http://books.google.com/books?lr=&filter=0&q=%22afterglow+of+crimson%22&as_brr=0


>"There remained in the western sky only an after-glow of deep crimson,
>against which could be seen Miles's silhouette, as well as those of
>

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