Magisterial Cape Rose

Latin magisterium, teacher's office — adjectival suffix -al. As a color modifier, magisterial implies a saturated-and-authoritative-and-formal quality, the deep-rich color of Qing-dynasty civil-magistrate court-and-ritual textiles and Imperial-Examination scholar-class livery. Sits at the bold-and-authoritative end of the grid, parallel to authoritative and commanding.

Latin cappa, hooded-cloak. As a color modifier, cape implies a hooded-cloak-and-shoulder-cape quality, the visual register of Spanish-capa-and-Italian-cappa-magna hand-hooded-cloak-and-shoulder-cape Spanish-capa-and-Italian-cappa-magna-and-Portuguese-capa cape-and-hooded-cloak-and-shoulder-cape surfaces under Spanish-capa-and-Italian-cappa-magna-and-Portuguese-capa Iberian-and-Italian-Renaissance Iberian-cape-light. Sits at the modifier-and-textile end of the grid, parallel to cloak and cope 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.