Drafted Gilt Mint

Old English draht, draft — past-participle of draft. As a color modifier, drafted implies a clear-and-line-and-measured quality, the crisp color of Mid-Century-Modern hand-drafted architectural-and-engineering studio-drawing precision-tool-rendered lines. Sits at the crisp-and-incised end of the grid, parallel to drawn and plotted in usage.

Old English gyldan, to-gild. As a color modifier, gilt implies a thin-gold-leaf-coating quality, the visual register of medieval-illuminated-manuscript-and-Renaissance-altarpiece hand-applied-and-burnished gold-leaf-coating gilt-and-gold-leaf surfaces under medieval-and-Renaissance hand-applied-gilt altarpiece-and-manuscript light. Sits at the modifier-and-texture end of the grid, parallel to gold and gloss 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.