Noble Pict violet

Latin nōbilis, well-known / illustrious — sharing root with gnōscere (to know). As a color modifier, noble implies a saturated-and-dignified-and-aristocratic quality, the deep-rich color of pre-modern European noble-class hereditary-aristocratic livery-and-armorial bearings. Sits at the bold-and-aristocratic end of the grid, parallel to aristocratic and highborn in usage.

Latin Picti, painted-people. As a color modifier, pict implies a pre-Christian-Caledonian quality, the visual register of Pictish-Caledonia hand-carved Pictish-symbol-stone Pictish-and-Caledonian pre-Christian-Caledonian surfaces under Pictish-Caledonia early-Christian-and-pre-Christian Highland light. Sits at the modifier-and-cultural end of the grid, parallel to celtic and scot 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.