Lordly Phase Violet

Old English hlāford-līc, lord-like — adjectival suffix -ly. As a color modifier, lordly implies a saturated-and-aristocratic-and-haughty quality, the deep-rich color of pre-modern English-and-French manorial-aristocracy livery and hereditary-estate household-textile. Sits at the bold-and-aristocratic end of the grid, parallel to princely and patrician.

Greek phásis, appearance / phase-of-the-moon. As a color modifier, phase implies a moon-phase-and-cycle-stage quality, the visual register of lunar-and-tidal-cycle moon-phase-and-tidal-rhythm waxing-and-waning lunar-cycle surfaces under waxing-and-waning lunar-cycle light. Sits at the modifier-and-time end of the grid, parallel to cycle and wane 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.