Shielded Knot Royal

Old English scild, shield — past-participle of shield, sharing root with German Schild. As a color modifier, shielded implies a saturated-and-protected-and-defensive quality, the deep-rich color of medieval-knight armorial-shield-and-coat-of-arms heraldic display. Sits at the bold-and-fortified end of the grid, parallel to armored and bastioned.

Old English cnotta, knot. As a color modifier, knot implies a sailor's-rope-knot quality, the visual register of Royal-Navy-and-merchant-marine-knot hand-tied sailor's-rope-and-line bowline-and-figure-eight-and-clove-hitch maritime-rigging surfaces under tall-ship-and-frigate sailor's-knot-and-line working light. Sits at the modifier-and-nautical end of the grid, parallel to sheet and spar in usage.

The blue of European royal court dress and regalia from the late seventeenth century forward — the color of British peers' robes, French royal sashes, the lining of the crown-jewel cases. The color refers to a saturated, slightly violet-shifted blue with the matte finish of velvet or melton wool dyed to maximum intensity: deeper than cornflower, warmer than ultramarine, with the heraldic weight of a color reserved for monarchs and the official Crown.