Lionhearted Court Crimson

Old English lēona-heorte, lion's-heart — referring to Richard I Lionheart (1157–1199). As a color modifier, lionhearted implies a saturated-and-courageous-and-royal quality, the deep-rich color of Crusader-period English Plantagenet-royalty armorial bearings. Sits at the bold-and-chivalrous end of the grid, parallel to valiant and heroic.

Old French cort, enclosed-yard. As a color modifier, court implies an enclosed-courtyard quality, the visual register of Inn-of-Court-and-Chinese-courtyard hand-built stone-and-tile-paved enclosed-and-formal courtyard-architecture surfaces under London-Inn-of-Court-and-Chinese-courtyard enclosed-formal architecture light. Sits at the modifier-and-place end of the grid, parallel to quad and yard 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.