Lionhearted Plumed Forest

Old English lēona-heorte, lion's-heart — referring to Richard I Lionheart (1157–1199). As a color modifier, lionhearted implies a saturated-and-courageous-and-royal quality, the deep-rich color of Crusader-period English Plantagenet-royalty armorial bearings. Sits at the bold-and-chivalrous end of the grid, parallel to valiant and heroic.

Latin plūma, feather. As a color modifier, plumed implies a feathered-and-decorative-feather quality, the visual register of Edwardian-and-Belle-Époque-plumed-hat hand-set-and-decorative ostrich-and-egret-feather Edwardian-and-Belle-Époque plumed-and-feathered-hat surfaces under Edwardian-and-Belle-Époque plumed-hat-and-feather millinery-light. Sits at the modifier-and-texture end of the grid, parallel to fluff and down 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.