Lined Chili Lagoon

Old English līne, line / cord — past-participle of line. As a color modifier, lined implies a clear-and-coordinated-and-supported quality where the hue carries the visual register of carefully-lined-and-supported textile-or-print surface. Sits at the crisp-and-finished end of the grid, parallel to trim and coordinated in usage.

Nahuatl chīlli, capsicum-fruit. As a color modifier, chili implies a Mesoamerican-capsicum-and-fiery quality, the visual register of Mesoamerican-and-Oaxacan-chili hand-Mesoamerican-capsicum-and-fiery Mesoamerican-and-Oaxacan-chili-and-Yucatec-and-Veracruzano chili-and-Mesoamerican-capsicum surfaces under Mesoamerican-and-Oaxacan-chili-and-Yucatec-and-Veracruzano Oaxaca-and-Veracruz-and-Yucatán Mesoamerican-spice-light. Sits at the modifier-and-flavor end of the grid, parallel to pepper and pimento 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.