Pellucid Robe Kingfisher

Latin pellūcidus, transparent — derived from per-lūcēre (to shine through). As a color modifier, pellucid implies a clear-and-translucent quality where the hue reads with optical clarity and minimal turbidity. Sits at the crisp-and-clear end of the grid, parallel to lucid and translucent in usage.

Old French robe, long-flowing-garment. As a color modifier, robe implies a long-flowing-and-academic-and-judicial quality, the visual register of Oxford-Cambridge-academic-and-judicial-robe hand-long-flowing-and-academic-and-judicial Oxford-Cambridge-academic-and-judicial-robe-and-monastic-habit robe-and-long-flowing-and-academic surfaces under Oxford-Cambridge-academic-and-judicial-robe-and-monastic-habit Senate-and-Inns-of-Court-and-cathedral-cloister Trinity-Senior-Common-Room-light. Sits at the modifier-and-textile end of the grid, parallel to gown and cope in usage.

The family Alcedinidae — particularly Alcedo atthis, the European common kingfisher whose iridescent turquoise-blue plumage gives the color its name. The color refers to a male European kingfisher's wing: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue-green with the iridescent satin finish of structurally colored feathers.