Pressed Dew Mint

Latin pressāre, to press — past-participle of press. As a color modifier, pressed implies a clear-and-smoothed-and-flattened quality, the crisp color of Mid-Century-Modern freshly-pressed-shirt-and-trouser ironed-textile finish. Sits at the crisp-and-finished end of the grid, parallel to ironed and starched in usage.

Old English dēaw, morning-moisture. As a color modifier, dew implies a beaded-and-fresh-and-morning-moisture quality, the visual register of spider-web-and-meadow-grass-dew hand-beaded-and-pearl-and-morning spider-web-and-meadow-grass-and-petal-edge dewed-and-beaded-and-pearl surfaces under spider-web-and-meadow-grass first-light-of-dawn-and-rising-mist-and-pearl morning-meadow-light. Sits at the modifier-and-mood end of the grid, parallel to mist and gleam 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.