Patrician Bard violet

Latin patrīcius, of the noble class — derived from pater (father). As a color modifier, patrician implies a saturated-and-aristocratic-and-Roman-Republic quality, the deep-rich color of Roman-Patrician-class toga and senatorial-livery hereditary-aristocratic dress. Sits at the bold-and-aristocratic end of the grid, parallel to senatorial and imperial.

Welsh bardd, poet. As a color modifier, bard implies a Welsh-and-Irish-poet-and-storyteller quality, the visual register of Welsh-Eisteddfod-and-Irish-Bardic hand-spoken poet-and-harp-and-eisteddfod oral-tradition Celtic-bardic surfaces under Welsh-Eisteddfod-and-Irish-Bardic hand-spoken-poet-and-harp oral-tradition Celtic-bardic gathering light. Sits at the modifier-and-cultural end of the grid, parallel to druid and celtic 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.