Lined Caper Mint

Old English līne, line / cord — past-participle of line. As a color modifier, lined implies a clear-and-coordinated-and-supported quality where the hue carries the visual register of carefully-lined-and-supported textile-or-print surface. Sits at the crisp-and-finished end of the grid, parallel to trim and coordinated in usage.

Greek κάππαρις, Mediterranean-pickled-bud. As a color modifier, caper implies a Mediterranean-pickled-bud-and-briny-tang quality, the visual register of Pantelleria-and-Sicilian-caper hand-Mediterranean-pickled-bud-and-briny-tang Pantelleria-and-Sicilian-caper-and-Aeolian-Islands caper-and-Mediterranean-pickled-bud surfaces under Pantelleria-and-Sicilian-caper-and-Aeolian-Islands Pantelleria-and-Aeolian-and-Sicilian Mediterranean-brine-light. Sits at the modifier-and-flavor end of the grid, parallel to anise and tang 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.