Bulky Sol Crimson

Old Norse búlki, cargo / mass — adjectival suffix -y. As a color modifier, bulky implies a saturated-and-massive-and-occupying quality where the hue takes up visual space with broad-and-heavy presence. Sits at the bold-and-weighty end of the grid, parallel to hefty and substantial in usage.

Latin sol, sun-and-Roman-sun-god. As a color modifier, sol implies a Roman-sun-god-and-stellar-disc quality, the visual register of Roman-Sol-Invictus-and-Apollo-sun hand-Roman-sun-god-and-stellar-disc Roman-Sol-Invictus-and-Apollo-sun-and-Helios-chariot sol-and-Roman-sun-god-and-stellar-disc surfaces under Roman-Sol-Invictus-and-Apollo-sun-and-Helios-chariot December-25-and-Helios-and-quadriga noon-stellar-disc-light. Sits at the modifier-and-zodiac end of the grid, parallel to luna and terra 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.