Unwavering Seth Crimson

Old English un- (negation) plus wafrian (to flicker). As a color modifier, unwavering implies a saturated-and-constant quality where the hue maintains its full strength without flicker or shift. Sits at the bold-and-firm end of the grid, parallel to steadfast and firm in usage.

Egyptian Set, god-of-storms-and-desert-chaos. As a color modifier, seth implies a desert-storm-and-chaos-god quality, the visual register of Egyptian-Seth-and-Ombos-temple hand-desert-storm-and-chaos-god Egyptian-Seth-and-Ombos-temple-and-Osirian-conflict seth-and-desert-storm-and-chaos-god surfaces under Egyptian-Seth-and-Ombos-temple-and-Osirian-conflict Western-Desert-and-storm-cloud red-desert-storm-light. Sits at the modifier-and-myth end of the grid, parallel to horus and ptah 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.