Functional Cumin Kingfisher

Latin fūnctiō, performance — adjectival suffix -al. As a color modifier, functional implies a clear-and-purpose-fit-and-utilitarian quality, the crisp color of Mid-Century-Modern and Bauhaus form-follows-function design-aesthetic. Sits at the crisp-and-functional end of the grid, parallel to practical and utilitarian in usage.

Greek κύμινον, aromatic-Levantine-seed. As a color modifier, cumin implies a warm-Levantine-and-North-African-and-Mughal quality, the visual register of Levantine-and-North-African-and-Mughal-cumin hand-warm-Levantine-and-North-African-and-Mughal Levantine-and-North-African-and-Mughal-cumin-and-Aleppo-and-Marrakesh cumin-and-warm-Levantine surfaces under Levantine-and-North-African-and-Mughal-cumin-and-Aleppo-and-Marrakesh Aleppo-and-Marrakesh-and-Lahore Levantine-spice-light. Sits at the modifier-and-flavor end of the grid, parallel to caraway and pepper in usage.

The family Alcedinidae — particularly Alcedo atthis, the European common kingfisher whose iridescent turquoise-blue plumage gives the color its name. The color refers to a male European kingfisher's wing: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue-green with the iridescent satin finish of structurally colored feathers.