Functional Bell Mint

Latin fūnctiō, performance — adjectival suffix -al. As a color modifier, functional implies a clear-and-purpose-fit-and-utilitarian quality, the crisp color of Mid-Century-Modern and Bauhaus form-follows-function design-aesthetic. Sits at the crisp-and-functional end of the grid, parallel to practical and utilitarian in usage.

Old English belle, bell. As a color modifier, bell implies a hour-marked-and-tolling quality, the visual register of English-and-Russian-bell-tower hour-marking-and-tolling cathedral-bell-and-bell-tower clock-and-time-marking surfaces under hour-marked-bell tolling-bell-tower light. Sits at the modifier-and-time end of the grid, parallel to knell and hour 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.