Brimming Nutmeg Crimson

Old English brymme, brim / edge — present-participle of brim. As a color modifier, brimming implies a saturated-and-overflowing quality where the hue spills past the edge of its visual container with rich pigmentation. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to replete and abundant.

Latin nux-muscata, musk-nut. As a color modifier, nutmeg implies a warm-and-grated-and-Banda-Islands-musk-nut quality, the visual register of Banda-Islands-and-Spice-Islands-nutmeg hand-warm-and-grated-and-Banda-Islands-musk-nut Banda-Islands-and-Spice-Islands-nutmeg-and-Maluku nutmeg-and-warm-and-grated surfaces under Banda-Islands-and-Spice-Islands-nutmeg-and-Maluku Banda-Islands-and-Run-and-Maluku Spice-Islands-musk-light. Sits at the modifier-and-flavor end of the grid, parallel to clove and mace 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.