Magisterial Median Royal

Latin magisterium, teacher's office — adjectival suffix -al. As a color modifier, magisterial implies a saturated-and-authoritative-and-formal quality, the deep-rich color of Qing-dynasty civil-magistrate court-and-ritual textiles and Imperial-Examination scholar-class livery. Sits at the bold-and-authoritative end of the grid, parallel to authoritative and commanding.

Latin Medi, Medes. As a color modifier, median implies an ancient-Iranian-and-Median-Empire quality, the visual register of Median-Empire-of-Ecbatana pre-Achaemenid Iranian-Median highland-kingdom hand-built fortress-and-temple surfaces under Median-Empire-of-Ecbatana pre-Achaemenid Iranian-Highland fortress light. Sits at the modifier-and-cultural end of the grid, parallel to persia and achaemenid 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.