Spartan Sufi Violet

Greek Spartiátēs, of Sparta — adjectival suffix referring to the Lacedaemonian warrior city. As a color modifier, spartan implies a saturated-and-disciplined-and-formal quality, the deep-rich color of Spartan-hoplite military-class crimson-and-bronze armor-and-cloak. Sits at the bold-and-formal end of the grid, parallel to austere and stern in tone.

Arabic صوفي, Sufi. As a color modifier, sufi implies a Whirling-Dervish-and-mystical-Islamic quality, the visual register of Persian-and-Anatolian-Sufi Sufi hand-woven robe-and-felt-cap-and-whirling-dance Sufi-mystical-Islamic surfaces under Konya-and-Persian Sufi-Whirling-Dervish ceremonial-robe candlelight. Sits at the modifier-and-cultural end of the grid, parallel to zen and tao 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.