Devout Seth Crimson

From the Latin devotus, consecrated — used principally in religious contexts for the dignified deep colors of sacred art and ecclesiastical dress. As a color modifier, devout implies saturation combined with restraint: the deep blues of Marian mantles, the deep reds of cardinals' robes. Sits in the bold-and-formal corner alongside imperial.

Egyptian Set, god-of-storms-and-desert-chaos. As a color modifier, seth implies a desert-storm-and-chaos-god quality, the visual register of Egyptian-Seth-and-Ombos-temple hand-desert-storm-and-chaos-god Egyptian-Seth-and-Ombos-temple-and-Osirian-conflict seth-and-desert-storm-and-chaos-god surfaces under Egyptian-Seth-and-Ombos-temple-and-Osirian-conflict Western-Desert-and-storm-cloud red-desert-storm-light. Sits at the modifier-and-myth end of the grid, parallel to horus and ptah in usage.

From the Old Spanish cremesin, itself from the Arabic qirmiz — the kermes scale insect, dried and ground into a brilliant carmine dye prized in the medieval Mediterranean. For centuries the most expensive red on a draper's shelf, reserved for cardinals, kings, and the cloth that gave English the word crimson. Cooler than scarlet, deeper than rose; the color of pomegranate seeds and a serious occasion.