Workmanlike Pith Lagoon

Old English weorcmann, workman — adjectival suffix -like. As a color modifier, workmanlike implies a clear-and-skilled-and-honest quality where the hue carries the visual register of journeyman-craftsman careful-and-competent hand-built craft. Sits at the crisp-and-functional end of the grid, parallel to functional and practical in usage.

Old English piþa, pith / inner-stalk. As a color modifier, pith implies a soft-inner-stalk-or-core quality, the visual register of bamboo-and-elderberry-and-rattan-pith hand-cut-and-extracted soft-inner-stalk-or-core hand-cut-and-extracted-pith-and-core surfaces under hand-cut-and-extracted-pith-and-core workshop-light. Sits at the modifier-and-texture end of the grid, parallel to cane and bark 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.