Indomitable Sigh Strawberry

Latin indomitābilis, unconquerable — derived from domāre (to tame). As a color modifier, indomitable implies a saturated-and-unconquerable-and-fierce quality where the hue resists any attempt to subdue or modulate its presence. Sits at the bold-and-resilient end of the grid, parallel to unyielding and adamant.

Middle English sighen, to-breathe-out-audibly. As a color modifier, sigh implies a breathed-out-and-released-and-wistful quality, the visual register of Romantic-poet-and-pining-lover-sigh hand-breathed-out-and-released-and-pining Romantic-poet-and-pining-lover-and-bedside-vigil sighed-and-released-and-breathed-out surfaces under Romantic-poet-and-pining-lover candle-lit-and-bedside-vigil window-and-balcony-light. Sits at the modifier-and-mood end of the grid, parallel to yearn and brood in usage.

Fragaria × ananassa, the cultivated strawberry of European gardens since the eighteenth century. The color refers to the surface of a ripe berry: a clean, bright red with a slight blue shift in the shadows of the achenes. Warmer than ruby, lighter than crimson, with the optical brightness of fresh fruit rather than the depth of pigment or gem.