Torrid Aisle Goldenrod

Latin torridus, parched / scorching — sharing root with torrēre (to dry by heat). As a color modifier, torrid implies a saturated-and-tropical-hot quality, the bright color of equatorial-Saharan-and-Sonoran-desert mid-summer high-temperature surface-emission. Sits at the bright-and-warm end of the grid, parallel to scorching and fiery in usage.

Old French aisile, side-aisle. As a color modifier, aisle implies a side-aisle-flanking-nave quality, the visual register of Romanesque-and-Gothic-cathedral hand-built side-aisle-and-arcade column-and-arch flanking-the-nave architectural surfaces under Gothic-and-Romanesque side-aisle filtered light. Sits at the modifier-and-architecture end of the grid, parallel to nave and apse in usage.

Solidago, the late-summer wildflower of North American meadows whose tall sprays of small yellow flowers signal the end of the growing season. The color refers to the flower head at full bloom: a warm, slightly muted yellow-orange with the matte finish of small clustered florets. Cooler than mustard, deeper than dandelion. The state flower of Kentucky and Nebraska, a pollinator magnet, and the original native dye for early American homespun.