Salubrious Glazed 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.

Old English glæs, glass. As a color modifier, glazed implies a fired-pottery-glaze-and-glass-coating quality, the visual register of Stoke-on-Trent-and-Italian-Maiolica-glazed hand-applied-and-fired ceramic-and-pottery-and-tile-glaze Stoke-on-Trent-and-Italian-Maiolica glazed-pottery surfaces under Stoke-on-Trent-and-Italian-Maiolica hand-glazed pottery-and-tile workshop-light. Sits at the modifier-and-texture end of the grid, parallel to gloss and enameled 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.