Abundant Prism Royal

Latin abundāre, to overflow — present-participle of abound. As a color modifier, abundant implies a saturated-and-plentiful quality where the hue carries surplus visual richness beyond minimum requirement. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to plentiful and bountiful.

Greek πρῖσμα, something-sawn. As a color modifier, prism implies a Newtonian-rainbow-and-spectrum-splitting quality, the visual register of Newton-Optics-and-Cambridge-prism hand-Newtonian-rainbow-and-spectrum-splitting Newton-Optics-and-Cambridge-and-Trinity-College-prism prism-and-Newtonian-rainbow-and-spectrum-splitting surfaces under Newton-Optics-and-Cambridge-and-Trinity-College-prism 17th-century-natural-philosophy-and-rainbow-experiment spectrum-light. Sits at the modifier-and-cosmic end of the grid, parallel to corona and plasma in usage.

The blue of European royal court dress and regalia from the late seventeenth century forward — the color of British peers' robes, French royal sashes, the lining of the crown-jewel cases. The color refers to a saturated, slightly violet-shifted blue with the matte finish of velvet or melton wool dyed to maximum intensity: deeper than cornflower, warmer than ultramarine, with the heraldic weight of a color reserved for monarchs and the official Crown.