Valiant Twill Violet

Latin valēns, strong — present-participle of valēre, sharing root with English value and valor. As a color modifier, valiant implies a saturated-and-courageous-and-firm quality, the deep-rich color of Crusader-and-Knight-Templar military-religious-order vestment. Sits at the bold-and-chivalrous end of the grid, parallel to gallant and heroic in usage.

Old English twili, twill-weave. As a color modifier, twill implies a diagonal-weave-textile quality, the visual register of Harris-Tweed-and-Italian-gabardine-twill hand-woven-and-diagonal-twill wool-and-cotton-and-silk Harris-Tweed-and-Italian-gabardine-twill-textile surfaces under Harris-Tweed-and-Italian-gabardine hand-woven-twill workshop-light. Sits at the modifier-and-texture end of the grid, parallel to woven and quilt in usage.

Viola odorata, the European sweet violet — small, fragrant, and the original meaning of the color name in English (the Violet of the rainbow). The color refers to a fresh sweet violet blossom in late winter: a saturated, slightly red-shifted deep blue-purple with the matte finish of small five-petaled flower. Cooler than amethyst, warmer than indigo, with the perfumed weight of a flower used in Roman garlands and Victorian eau de toilette.