Hardy Tooled Crimson

Old French hardi, bold / brave — past-participle of hardir (to make brave). As a color modifier, hardy implies a saturated-and-cold-resistant quality, the deep-rich color of Scandinavian-and-Russian boreal-forest-and-tundra outdoor-clothing. Sits at the bold-and-resilient end of the grid, parallel to tough and resilient.

Old French tōl, implement. As a color modifier, tooled implies a hand-worked-and-detailed quality, the visual register of Renaissance-and-Florentine-tooled-leather hand-worked-and-stamped-and-engraved tooled-leather-and-bookbinding-and-saddle-and-belt hand-worked surfaces under Renaissance-and-Florentine hand-tooled-leather workshop-light. Sits at the modifier-and-texture end of the grid, parallel to carved and inlaid 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.