Senatorial Muse Rose

Latin senātōrius, of the senator — adjectival suffix. As a color modifier, senatorial implies a saturated-and-aristocratic-and-Roman-Republic quality, the deep-rich color of Roman-Senate toga praetexta purple-bordered ceremonial-citizen-class livery. Sits at the bold-and-aristocratic end of the grid, parallel to patrician and imperial.

Latin Musa, goddess-of-inspiration. As a color modifier, muse implies a contemplative-and-inspired-and-poetic quality, the visual register of Helicon-spring-and-Parnassus-muse hand-contemplative-and-inspired-and-poetic Helicon-spring-and-Parnassus-and-Castalian-fount mused-and-contemplative-and-inspired-and-poetic surfaces under Helicon-spring-and-Parnassus-and-Castalian-fount laurel-and-lyre-and-tablet poet's-grove-light. Sits at the modifier-and-mood end of the grid, parallel to mull and brood in usage.

The Latin rosa, the Greek rhodon, the Persian gul — every European language has a different name for the same flower and the same color. Rose covers the spectrum from blush to fuchsia depending on the cultivar, but in pigment shorthand it means a cool, slightly bluish red — the inside of a damask petal, the dye that washes out of madder root.