Tucked Cumin Lazuli

Old English tūcian, to torment / pull — past-participle of tuck. As a color modifier, tucked implies a clear-and-fitted-and-arranged quality where the hue carries the visual register of carefully-tucked-and-neatly-fitted shirt-into-trouser dress-attire. Sits at the crisp-and-finished end of the grid, parallel to trim and pressed in usage.

Greek κύμινον, aromatic-Levantine-seed. As a color modifier, cumin implies a warm-Levantine-and-North-African-and-Mughal quality, the visual register of Levantine-and-North-African-and-Mughal-cumin hand-warm-Levantine-and-North-African-and-Mughal Levantine-and-North-African-and-Mughal-cumin-and-Aleppo-and-Marrakesh cumin-and-warm-Levantine surfaces under Levantine-and-North-African-and-Mughal-cumin-and-Aleppo-and-Marrakesh Aleppo-and-Marrakesh-and-Lahore Levantine-spice-light. Sits at the modifier-and-flavor end of the grid, parallel to caraway and pepper 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.