Hemmed Alcove 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.

Arabic al-qubba, the-vault. As a color modifier, alcove implies a recessed-bedroom-or-sitting-area quality, the visual register of English-and-French-Country-House-alcove hand-built recessed-and-vaulted bedroom-or-sitting-area-recess-and-window-seat architectural surfaces under English-and-French-Country-House alcove-recess light. Sits at the modifier-and-architecture end of the grid, parallel to niche and atrium 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.