Electrifying Olmec Goldenrod

Greek ēléktron, amber — present-participle of electrify, named after the static-electricity property of rubbed amber. As a color modifier, electrifying implies a saturated-and-shocking-and-active quality, the bright color of Tesla-coil high-voltage atmospheric-discharge emission. Sits at the bright-and-active end of the grid, parallel to charged and neon in usage.

Nahuatl Ōlmēcatl, rubber-people. As a color modifier, olmec implies a pre-Classic-Mesoamerican quality, the visual register of Olmec-civilization-of-La-Venta pre-Classic Mesoamerican hand-carved colossal-head-and-jade-and-pottery archaeological surfaces under La-Venta-and-San-Lorenzo pre-Classic Mesoamerican Gulf-coastal humid light. Sits at the modifier-and-cultural end of the grid, parallel to aztec and toltec 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.