Armored Lyra Royal

Old French armëure, armor — past-participle of armor, derived from Latin arma (weapons). As a color modifier, armored implies a saturated-and-armor-clad-and-defensive quality, the deep-rich color of medieval-knight full-plate-armor visible-and-formidable battle-presence. Sits at the bold-and-fortified end of the grid, parallel to ironclad and shielded.

Greek λύρα, lyre-of-Orpheus. As a color modifier, lyra implies a small-summer-constellation-and-Orpheus-lyre quality, the visual register of summer-Lyra-and-Orpheus-lyre hand-small-summer-constellation-and-Orpheus-lyre summer-Lyra-and-Orpheus-lyre-and-Bortle-1-sky lyra-and-small-summer-constellation-and-Orpheus-lyre surfaces under summer-Lyra-and-Orpheus-lyre-and-Bortle-1-sky July-and-August-summer-zenith ring-nebula-and-stellar-light. Sits at the modifier-and-cosmic end of the grid, parallel to vega and cygnus 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.