Engraved Norse Mint

Old French engraver, to dig in — past-participle of engrave. As a color modifier, engraved implies a clear-and-precisely-cut quality, the crisp color of Albrecht-Dürer-and-Hogarth hand-pulled engraving-print fine-line incised-image. Sits at the crisp-and-incised end of the grid, parallel to etched and inscribed in usage.

Old English Norse, of-Norway. As a color modifier, norse implies a Viking-and-Scandinavian quality, the visual register of Viking-Age hand-carved runestone-and-longship Norwegian-Icelandic-Faroese mythological-and-seafaring surfaces under Viking-Age North-Atlantic seafaring atmospheric light. Sits at the modifier-and-cultural end of the grid, parallel to celtic and saxon 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.