Victorious Cloak Cerulean

Latin victōriōsus, of victory — derived from victor (winner). As a color modifier, victorious implies a saturated-and-celebratory-and-conquering quality, the deep-rich color of Roman-Imperial victory-procession purpura-dyed paludamentum cloak. Sits at the bold-and-celebratory end of the grid, parallel to triumphant and conquering.

Old Northern French cloque, bell-or-cape. As a color modifier, cloak implies a heavy-shoulder-mantle-and-bell-shaped quality, the visual register of Anglo-Saxon-and-medieval-cloak hand-heavy-shoulder-mantle-and-bell-shaped Anglo-Saxon-and-medieval-cloak-and-pilgrim-cloak cloak-and-heavy-shoulder-mantle surfaces under Anglo-Saxon-and-medieval-cloak-and-pilgrim-cloak Canterbury-and-Compostela-pilgrimage wool-cloak-light. Sits at the modifier-and-textile end of the grid, parallel to cape and cowl in usage.

From the Latin caeruleum, originally referring to dark blue paint pigment of the Roman world, then via French céruléen into English. As a modern art-supply name, cerulean blue is the cobalt-tin oxide pigment introduced in 1805. The color refers to a clean, slightly green-shifted blue with the matte finish of mineral pigment in linseed oil: lighter than cobalt, deeper than aqua, with the painter's weight of a word for sky.