Folded Fur Mint

Old English fealdan, to fold — past-participle of fold. As a color modifier, folded implies a clear-and-creased-and-arranged quality where the hue carries the visual register of carefully-folded-and-neatly-arranged textile surface. Sits at the crisp-and-finished end of the grid, parallel to pressed and trim in usage.

Old French forrer, to-line-with-fur. As a color modifier, fur implies a soft-pelt-and-mammal-coat quality, the visual register of Russian-and-Canadian-fur hand-trapped-and-prepared mink-and-sable-and-fox Russian-and-Canadian-fur-coat-and-trim surfaces under Russian-and-Canadian hand-trapped-fur-coat-and-trim atelier light. Sits at the modifier-and-texture end of the grid, parallel to pelt and fluff 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.