Hemmed Libra Lagoon

Old English hem, border — past-participle of hem. As a color modifier, hemmed implies a clear-and-finished-and-bordered quality where the hue carries the visual register of carefully-hemmed-and-finished textile-edge. Sits at the crisp-and-finished end of the grid, parallel to trim and finished in usage.

Latin libra, scales-of-the-zodiac. As a color modifier, libra implies a scales-and-air-sign-and-Venus-ruled-cardinal-air quality, the visual register of Roman-Libra-and-scales-of-justice hand-scales-and-air-sign-and-Venus-ruled-cardinal-air Roman-Libra-and-scales-of-justice-and-Themis-Astraea libra-and-scales-and-air-sign surfaces under Roman-Libra-and-scales-of-justice-and-Themis-Astraea autumn-equinox-and-September-and-October cardinal-air-sign-light. Sits at the modifier-and-zodiac end of the grid, parallel to virgo and scorpio 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.