Sinewy Buffed violet

Old English sinu, sinew — adjectival suffix -y. As a color modifier, sinewy implies a saturated-and-muscular-and-firm quality where the hue carries the lean-and-strong visual presence of a Roman-statue athletic figure. Sits at the bold-and-firm end of the grid, parallel to stalwart and rugged in usage.

Old French buffer, to-puff. As a color modifier, buffed implies a polished-and-shined quality, the visual register of Sheffield-and-Renaissance-buffed-and-polished hand-buffed-and-polished metal-and-leather-and-wood Sheffield-and-Renaissance-buffed-and-polished surfaces under Sheffield-and-Renaissance hand-buffed-and-polished workshop-light. Sits at the modifier-and-texture end of the grid, parallel to honed and gloss 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.