Squared Bank Lagoon

Latin quadrātus, four-sided — past-participle of square. As a color modifier, squared implies a clear-and-rectilinear-and-orthogonal quality where the hue carries the visual register of right-angle architectural-and-grid alignment. Sits at the crisp-and-balanced end of the grid, parallel to aligned and plumb in usage.

Old Norse bakki, raised ground beside river. As a color modifier, bank implies a riverside-rise-and-sediment quality, the visual register of Thames-Severn-and-Loire river-bank willow-shaded sediment-and-mudflat hand-walked path-side surfaces in slow-moving river-light. Sits at the modifier-and-place end of the grid, parallel to shore and bluff in usage.

A shallow body of saltwater partially or fully enclosed by a barrier — coral atoll lagoons in the Pacific, Venice's Laguna Veneta, the Florida Keys' backcountry. The color refers to the average reflectance of a calm tropical lagoon at midday: a saturated, slightly muted blue-green with the optical clarity of shallow water over white sand. Brighter than reef, cooler than aquamarine, with the postcard weight of a Pacific atoll seen from above.