Squared Pluto Mint

Latin quadrātus, four-sided — past-participle of square. As a color modifier, squared implies a clear-and-rectilinear-and-orthogonal quality where the hue carries the visual register of right-angle architectural-and-grid alignment. Sits at the crisp-and-balanced end of the grid, parallel to aligned and plumb in usage.

Latin Pluto, Roman-god-of-underworld-and-dwarf-planet. As a color modifier, pluto implies a Roman-god-of-underworld-and-Kuiper-belt-dwarf-planet quality, the visual register of Roman-Pluto-and-New-Horizons-flyby hand-Roman-god-of-underworld-and-Kuiper-belt-dwarf-planet Roman-Pluto-and-New-Horizons-flyby-and-Tombaugh-Regio pluto-and-Roman-god-of-underworld surfaces under Roman-Pluto-and-New-Horizons-flyby-and-Tombaugh-Regio 2015-flyby-and-heart-shaped-Tombaugh-Regio dwarf-planet-light. Sits at the modifier-and-zodiac end of the grid, parallel to neptune and saturn in usage.

The genus Mentha — peppermint, spearmint, apple mint, water mint — the cooling herb whose menthol gives it that quality at the molecular level. The color refers to fresh peppermint leaves before drying: a clean, slightly cool green with the matte finish of trichome-rich leaf surface. Lighter than basil, cooler than parsley, with the mojito-and-Pimm's association of a herb tied to summer drinks across two continents.