Sovereign Sash Royal

Old French soverain, supreme — derived from Latin super (above). As a color modifier, sovereign implies a saturated-and-royal-supremacy quality where the hue carries imperial-ruling-class register. Sits at the bold-and-imperial end of the grid, parallel to regal and imperial in tone.

Arabic shāsh, muslin-strip-or-turban-cloth. As a color modifier, sash implies a wound-strip-and-cummerbund-and-bandolier quality, the visual register of Mughal-cummerbund-and-Spanish-fajín-sash hand-wound-strip-and-cummerbund-and-bandolier Mughal-cummerbund-and-Spanish-fajín-sash-and-Ottoman-sash sash-and-wound-strip-and-cummerbund surfaces under Mughal-cummerbund-and-Spanish-fajín-sash-and-Ottoman-sash Mughal-Delhi-and-Iberian-and-Ottoman-Topkapi wound-cloth-light. Sits at the modifier-and-textile end of the grid, parallel to kilt and shawl 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.