Salubrious Roman Verdigris

Latin salūbris, healthful — adjectival suffix -ous. As a color modifier, salubrious implies a clear-and-healthful-and-fresh quality, the crisp color of Alpine-and-Sea-air health-resort and Mediterranean-coast spa-and-thalassotherapy outdoor environment. Sits at the crisp-and-wholesome end of the grid, parallel to healthful and bracing in usage.

Latin Romanus, of-Rome. As a color modifier, roman implies an empire-built-and-classical quality, the visual register of Roman-Imperial hand-laid pavement-and-fresco-and-bronze-and-marble Republican-Imperial classical surfaces under Mediterranean-Roman-Imperial classical-architecture afternoon light. Sits at the modifier-and-cultural end of the grid, parallel to etruscan and hellenic in usage.

The basic copper carbonate that forms on weathered copper and bronze — the pigment scraped from oxidized metal and used in Renaissance painting before being supplanted by more stable greens. The color refers to a thick verdigris on aged copper roofing or the Statue of Liberty's surface: a soft, slightly muted blue-green with the powdery finish of mineral oxide. Cooler than patina, warmer than seafoam, with the archaeological weight of a mineral made by time.