Hygienic Pollux Mint

Greek hygieinós, healthful — derived from Hygieia (goddess of health). As a color modifier, hygienic implies a clear-and-medical-clean quality, the crisp color of Mid-Century-Modern clinical-and-hospital interior-architecture surfaces. Sits at the crisp-and-clean end of the grid, parallel to sanitary and sterile in usage.

Greek Πολυδεύκης, Gemini-twin-and-immortal-boxer. As a color modifier, pollux implies a Gemini-twin-and-immortal-brother quality, the visual register of Gemini-Pollux-and-Castor-twin hand-Gemini-twin-and-immortal-brother Gemini-Pollux-and-Castor-twin-and-Argonaut pollux-and-Gemini-twin-and-immortal-brother surfaces under Gemini-Pollux-and-Castor-twin-and-Argonaut spring-Gemini-and-Bortle-1-sky stellar-twin-light. Sits at the modifier-and-cosmic end of the grid, parallel to castor and spica 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.