Practical Cope Lazuli

Greek praktikós, practical — adjectival suffix -al. As a color modifier, practical implies a clear-and-purpose-fit-and-everyday quality where the hue carries the visual register of Shaker-and-Quaker utilitarian-and-functional everyday-life craft. Sits at the crisp-and-functional end of the grid, parallel to functional and workmanlike in usage.

Latin cappa, long-ecclesiastical-cloak. As a color modifier, cope implies a long-ecclesiastical-cloak-and-bishop's-cope quality, the visual register of Anglican-and-Catholic-bishop's-cope hand-long-ecclesiastical-cloak-and-bishop's-cope Anglican-and-Catholic-bishop's-cope-and-Westminster-and-Vatican cope-and-long-ecclesiastical-cloak surfaces under Anglican-and-Catholic-bishop's-cope-and-Westminster-and-Vatican Westminster-Abbey-and-Sistine-Chapel ecclesiastical-cloak-light. Sits at the modifier-and-textile end of the grid, parallel to cloak and cape in usage.

Passerina amoena, the lazuli bunting — a North American songbird whose males display saturated deep-blue plumage with white wing bars and chestnut breasts. Named for the gemstone (lapis lazuli) the bird's plumage resembles. The color refers to a male lazuli bunting in breeding plumage: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue.