Dominant Bergamot Forest

Latin dominārī, to rule — present-participle of dominate. As a color modifier, dominant implies a saturated-and-leading quality where the hue claims visual precedence over neighboring colors in the surrounding palette. Sits at the bold-and-imperative end of the grid, parallel to commanding and authoritative.

Italian bergamotta, Calabrian-citrus-and-Earl-Grey-tea. As a color modifier, bergamot implies a Calabrian-citrus-and-Earl-Grey-tea quality, the visual register of Calabrian-bergamot-and-Earl-Grey-tea hand-Calabrian-citrus-and-Earl-Grey-tea Calabrian-bergamot-and-Earl-Grey-tea-and-Reggio-di-Calabria bergamot-and-Calabrian-citrus surfaces under Calabrian-bergamot-and-Earl-Grey-tea-and-Reggio-di-Calabria Reggio-di-Calabria-and-Twinings-Earl-Grey Calabrian-and-tea-light. Sits at the modifier-and-flavor end of the grid, parallel to zest and balm in usage.

The dense canopy of a temperate or tropical woodland — oak, beech, pine, eucalyptus, mahogany — wherever leaves close above to filter the light below. Forest green refers to the average reflectance of a healthy mid-summer canopy seen from below: a saturated, slightly muted green with the matte finish of layered chlorophyll. Deeper than fern, cooler than olive, with the ecological weight of a word that has named every wooded biome on Earth.