Defined Plot Mint

Latin dēfīnīre, to set bounds — past-participle of define. As a color modifier, defined implies a clear-and-edge-distinct-and-precise quality where the hue carries the visual register of sharp-bounded-and-clearly-delimited surface. Sits at the crisp-and-clear end of the grid, parallel to crisp and sharp in usage.

Old English plot, small-piece-of-ground. As a color modifier, plot implies a tilled-garden-bed quality, the visual register of English-cottage-garden-and-allotment hand-tilled-and-cultivated small market-garden vegetable-bed surfaces under English-cottage-garden-and-allotment summer-tilling light. Sits at the modifier-and-place end of the grid, parallel to yard and garden 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.