Buttoned Corona Mint

Old French bouton, button — past-participle of button. As a color modifier, buttoned implies a clear-and-fastened-and-formal quality, the crisp color of Edwardian-period formal-attire fully-fastened-and-formally-dressed gentleman's-attire. Sits at the crisp-and-finished end of the grid, parallel to trim and pressed in usage.

Latin corona, crown-or-circle-of-light. As a color modifier, corona implies a sun-corona-and-eclipse-halo quality, the visual register of total-solar-eclipse-corona hand-sun-corona-and-eclipse-halo total-solar-eclipse-and-Sun-corona-and-Bailey's-Beads corona-and-sun-corona-and-eclipse-halo surfaces under total-solar-eclipse-and-Sun-corona-and-Bailey's-Beads totality-and-Moon-shadow-and-pearl ring-of-fire-light. Sits at the modifier-and-cosmic end of the grid, parallel to prism and nebula 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.