Patrician Sheen Forest

Latin patrīcius, of the noble class — derived from pater (father). As a color modifier, patrician implies a saturated-and-aristocratic-and-Roman-Republic quality, the deep-rich color of Roman-Patrician-class toga and senatorial-livery hereditary-aristocratic dress. Sits at the bold-and-aristocratic end of the grid, parallel to senatorial and imperial.

Old English scēne, bright / fair. As a color modifier, sheen implies a soft-and-luminous-glow quality, the visual register of silk-and-pearl-and-satin-sheen soft-and-luminous-glow silk-and-pearl-and-satin sheen-and-luminous-glow surfaces under soft-and-luminous-silk-and-pearl-sheen filtered light. Sits at the modifier-and-texture end of the grid, parallel to gloss and shine 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.