Clear Frieze Mint

From the Latin clarus, bright, distinct — used as a color modifier since the medieval period for hues without haze or mixing. Clear blue sky, clear green water: the implication is moderate saturation combined with optical clarity. Sits at the crisp-bucket center alongside clean and true.

Old French frise, band-of-decoration. As a color modifier, frieze implies a horizontal-decorative-band quality, the visual register of Greek-Parthenon-and-Roman-Imperial-frieze hand-carved Doric-and-Ionic-and-Corinthian classical-decorative-frieze architectural surfaces under classical-frieze decorative-band light. Sits at the modifier-and-architecture end of the grid, parallel to eave and plinth in usage.

The genus Mentha — peppermint, spearmint, apple mint, water mint — the cooling herb whose menthol gives it that quality at the molecular level. The color refers to fresh peppermint leaves before drying: a clean, slightly cool green with the matte finish of trichome-rich leaf surface. Lighter than basil, cooler than parsley, with the mojito-and-Pimm's association of a herb tied to summer drinks across two continents.