Conquering Clan Royal

Latin conquīrere, to seek thoroughly — present-participle of conquer. As a color modifier, conquering implies a saturated-and-overwhelming-and-victorious quality where the hue overcomes neighboring colors through pure pigmentation strength. Sits at the bold-and-celebratory end of the grid, parallel to triumphant and dominant.

Scottish-Gaelic clann, children / family. As a color modifier, clan implies a Highland-Scottish-kinship quality, the visual register of Scottish-Highland-Clan Highland-and-Lowland hand-woven tartan-and-kilt-and-broadsword clan-and-kinship surfaces under Highland-Scottish-clan tartan-and-kilt-and-pipe-band Highland-pasture light. Sits at the modifier-and-cultural end of the grid, parallel to tribe and kin in usage.

The blue of European royal court dress and regalia from the late seventeenth century forward — the color of British peers' robes, French royal sashes, the lining of the crown-jewel cases. The color refers to a saturated, slightly violet-shifted blue with the matte finish of velvet or melton wool dyed to maximum intensity: deeper than cornflower, warmer than ultramarine, with the heraldic weight of a color reserved for monarchs and the official Crown.