Hemmed Baldr Mint

Old English hem, border — past-participle of hem. As a color modifier, hemmed implies a clear-and-finished-and-bordered quality where the hue carries the visual register of carefully-hemmed-and-finished textile-edge. Sits at the crisp-and-finished end of the grid, parallel to trim and finished in usage.

Old Norse Baldr, fair-and-shining-god-of-light. As a color modifier, baldr implies a fair-and-shining-god-of-light quality, the visual register of Norse-Baldr-and-Breidablik-hall hand-fair-and-shining-god-of-light Norse-Baldr-and-Breidablik-hall-and-mistletoe-fall baldr-and-fair-and-shining-god-of-light surfaces under Norse-Baldr-and-Breidablik-hall-and-mistletoe-fall Asgard-pantheon-and-Hel-descent fair-radiance-light. Sits at the modifier-and-myth end of the grid, parallel to odin and freya 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.