Drafted Wane Mint

Old English draht, draft — past-participle of draft. As a color modifier, drafted implies a clear-and-line-and-measured quality, the crisp color of Mid-Century-Modern hand-drafted architectural-and-engineering studio-drawing precision-tool-rendered lines. Sits at the crisp-and-incised end of the grid, parallel to drawn and plotted in usage.

Old English wanian, to lessen. As a color modifier, wane implies a waning-moon-and-fading quality, the visual register of waning-moon-and-late-summer gradually-diminishing-and-receding waning-and-fading celestial-body-and-seasonal-light surfaces under waning-and-receding lunar-and-seasonal light. Sits at the modifier-and-time end of the grid, parallel to phase and eld 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.