Magisterial Median Violet

Latin magisterium, teacher's office — adjectival suffix -al. As a color modifier, magisterial implies a saturated-and-authoritative-and-formal quality, the deep-rich color of Qing-dynasty civil-magistrate court-and-ritual textiles and Imperial-Examination scholar-class livery. Sits at the bold-and-authoritative end of the grid, parallel to authoritative and commanding.

Latin Medi, Medes. As a color modifier, median implies an ancient-Iranian-and-Median-Empire quality, the visual register of Median-Empire-of-Ecbatana pre-Achaemenid Iranian-Median highland-kingdom hand-built fortress-and-temple surfaces under Median-Empire-of-Ecbatana pre-Achaemenid Iranian-Highland fortress light. Sits at the modifier-and-cultural end of the grid, parallel to persia and achaemenid in usage.

Viola odorata, the European sweet violet — small, fragrant, and the original meaning of the color name in English (the Violet of the rainbow). The color refers to a fresh sweet violet blossom in late winter: a saturated, slightly red-shifted deep blue-purple with the matte finish of small five-petaled flower. Cooler than amethyst, warmer than indigo, with the perfumed weight of a flower used in Roman garlands and Victorian eau de toilette.