Ironclad Mossed violet

English compound iron + clad — referring to the 19th-century USS-Monitor and CSS-Virginia iron-armored warships. As a color modifier, ironclad implies a saturated-and-armored-and-impenetrable quality where the hue carries the visual weight of forged-iron armor-plate. Sits at the bold-and-fortified end of the grid, parallel to fortified and armored.

Old English mos, moss. As a color modifier, mossed implies a moss-covered-and-aged quality, the visual register of English-and-Welsh-mossed-and-lichen-covered moss-and-lichen-covered stone-and-tree-and-cobble mossed-and-lichen-covered surfaces under English-and-Welsh moss-and-lichen-covered atmospheric light. Sits at the modifier-and-texture end of the grid, parallel to pitted and limed 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.