Polished Tunic Mint

Latin polīre, to polish — past-participle of polish. As a color modifier, polished implies a clear-and-smooth-and-glossy quality where the hue carries the visual register of buffed-and-burnished smooth-finish surface. Sits at the crisp-and-finished end of the grid, parallel to burnished and gleaming in usage.

Latin tunica, Roman-undergarment. As a color modifier, tunic implies a Roman-tunic-and-medieval-undergarment quality, the visual register of Roman-tunic-and-medieval-bliaut hand-Roman-tunic-and-medieval-undergarment Roman-tunic-and-medieval-bliaut-and-Carolingian-court tunic-and-Roman-tunic-and-medieval-undergarment surfaces under Roman-tunic-and-medieval-bliaut-and-Carolingian-court Republican-and-Carolingian-Aachen Roman-and-medieval-light. Sits at the modifier-and-textile end of the grid, parallel to chiton and peplos 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.