Highborn Throne Crimson

Old English hēah-boren, high-born — past-participle of bear. As a color modifier, highborn implies a saturated-and-aristocratic-and-elite quality, the deep-rich color of pre-modern English high-born aristocratic-class livery-and-armorial bearings. Sits at the bold-and-aristocratic end of the grid, parallel to noble and aristocratic in usage.

Latin thronus, seat-of-state. As a color modifier, throne implies a king-and-queen-ceremonial-seat quality, the visual register of Russian-Imperial-and-Tudor-Court hand-carved jeweled-and-gilt-and-velvet ceremonial-seat-of-state surfaces under Russian-Imperial-Romanov-and-Tudor-Court hand-carved ceremonial-seat candlelight. Sits at the modifier-and-cultural end of the grid, parallel to crown and manor in usage.

From the Old Spanish cremesin, itself from the Arabic qirmiz — the kermes scale insect, dried and ground into a brilliant carmine dye prized in the medieval Mediterranean. For centuries the most expensive red on a draper's shelf, reserved for cardinals, kings, and the cloth that gave English the word crimson. Cooler than scarlet, deeper than rose; the color of pomegranate seeds and a serious occasion.