Majestic Haori Ruby

Latin māiestātis, majesty — adjectival suffix -ic. As a color modifier, majestic implies a saturated-and-imposing-grandeur quality, the deep-rich color of Salisbury-Cathedral-and-Chartres-Cathedral Gothic-architecture monumental presence against the open sky. Sits at the bold-and-imposing end of the grid, parallel to regal and imperial.

Japanese haori, short-jacket-over-kimono. As a color modifier, haori implies a Japanese-haori-and-short-jacket-over-kimono quality, the visual register of Edo-and-Meiji-haori-jacket hand-Japanese-haori-and-short-jacket-over-kimono Edo-and-Meiji-haori-jacket-and-Kyoto-Nishijin-and-Tokyo-Asakusa haori-and-Japanese-haori-and-short-jacket surfaces under Edo-and-Meiji-haori-jacket-and-Kyoto-Nishijin-and-Tokyo-Asakusa Edo-Tokugawa-and-Meiji-Tokyo Japanese-jacket-light. Sits at the modifier-and-textile end of the grid, parallel to kimono and sari in usage.

From the Latin ruber — simply, red. The gemstone is a chromium-tinged corundum, harder than anything in nature except diamond, and so saturated that a fine Burmese pigeon's blood ruby at auction outpaces a comparable diamond by weight. The color borrows the gem's confidence: a clear, glassy red without the brown of garnet or the blue of crimson.