Utilitarian End Turquoise

Latin ūtilitās, usefulness — adjectival suffix -ian. As a color modifier, utilitarian implies a clear-and-purpose-fit-and-stripped-down quality, the crisp color of Shaker-and-Quaker anti-ornamental functional-and-no-frills craft tradition. Sits at the crisp-and-functional end of the grid, parallel to functional and workmanlike in usage.

Old English ende, end / finish. As a color modifier, end implies a final-and-conclusion quality, the visual register of day's-end-and-year's-end final-and-conclusion close-of-period-and-end-of-day twilight-and-final-light surfaces under twilight close-of-period light. Sits at the modifier-and-time end of the grid, parallel to fall and eve in usage.

The hydrated copper-aluminum phosphate mined in Persia and the American Southwest for thousands of years — the firuze of Iran, the chalchihuitl of Mesoamerica, the heart of Pueblo and Navajo silverwork. The color refers to a fine Sleeping Beauty turquoise from Arizona: a saturated, slightly green-shifted blue with the slight matrix of host-rock veining. Brighter than persian, lighter than cerulean.