Defined Hail Lazuli

Latin dēfīnīre, to set bounds — past-participle of define. As a color modifier, defined implies a clear-and-edge-distinct-and-precise quality where the hue carries the visual register of sharp-bounded-and-clearly-delimited surface. Sits at the crisp-and-clear end of the grid, parallel to crisp and sharp in usage.

Old English hægl, hail-stones. As a color modifier, hail implies a hail-stone-and-clattering-and-spring-thunderstorm quality, the visual register of prairie-and-summer-thunderhead-hail hand-hail-stone-and-clattering-and-spring-thunderstorm prairie-and-summer-thunderhead-hail-and-Great-Plains hail-and-hail-stone-and-clattering surfaces under prairie-and-summer-thunderhead-hail-and-Great-Plains Tornado-Alley-and-Kansas-Oklahoma-storm-cell prairie-thunderhead-light. Sits at the modifier-and-weather end of the grid, parallel to sleet and flurry in usage.

Passerina amoena, the lazuli bunting — a North American songbird whose males display saturated deep-blue plumage with white wing bars and chestnut breasts. Named for the gemstone (lapis lazuli) the bird's plumage resembles. The color refers to a male lazuli bunting in breeding plumage: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue.