Lined Glazed Ocean

Old English līne, line / cord — past-participle of line. As a color modifier, lined implies a clear-and-coordinated-and-supported quality where the hue carries the visual register of carefully-lined-and-supported textile-or-print surface. Sits at the crisp-and-finished end of the grid, parallel to trim and coordinated in usage.

Old English glæs, glass. As a color modifier, glazed implies a fired-pottery-glaze-and-glass-coating quality, the visual register of Stoke-on-Trent-and-Italian-Maiolica-glazed hand-applied-and-fired ceramic-and-pottery-and-tile-glaze Stoke-on-Trent-and-Italian-Maiolica glazed-pottery surfaces under Stoke-on-Trent-and-Italian-Maiolica hand-glazed pottery-and-tile workshop-light. Sits at the modifier-and-texture end of the grid, parallel to gloss and enameled in usage.

The body of saltwater that covers seventy percent of Earth's surface — a single connected mass divided by convention into Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. The color refers to the average reflectance of mid-depth temperate ocean: a saturated, slightly green-shifted deep blue with the optical depth of a body of water that absorbs all light below the photic zone. Deeper than mediterranean, cooler than peacock.