Stamped Blaze Lazuli

Old English stempan, to stamp — past-participle of stamp. As a color modifier, stamped implies a clear-and-impressed-and-repeating quality, the crisp color of William-Morris-and-Liberty-of-London block-printed-textile carefully-impressed pattern. Sits at the crisp-and-printed end of the grid, parallel to printed and engraved in usage.

Old English blæse, torch-or-flame. As a color modifier, blaze implies a roaring-and-bright-and-spreading-flame quality, the visual register of bonfire-and-Yule-log-blaze hand-roaring-and-bright-and-spreading-flame bonfire-and-Yule-log-and-hearth-fire blazed-and-roaring-and-bright-and-spreading surfaces under bonfire-and-Yule-log-and-hearth-fire roaring-and-bright-and-spreading midwinter-and-bonfire-night-light. Sits at the modifier-and-mood end of the grid, parallel to flare and spark in usage.

Passerina amoena, the lazuli bunting — a North American songbird whose males display saturated deep-blue plumage with white wing bars and chestnut breasts. Named for the gemstone (lapis lazuli) the bird's plumage resembles. The color refers to a male lazuli bunting in breeding plumage: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue.