Senatorial Eddy Crimson

Latin senātōrius, of the senator — adjectival suffix. As a color modifier, senatorial implies a saturated-and-aristocratic-and-Roman-Republic quality, the deep-rich color of Roman-Senate toga praetexta purple-bordered ceremonial-citizen-class livery. Sits at the bold-and-aristocratic end of the grid, parallel to patrician and imperial.

Old Norse iða, whirlpool-or-current. As a color modifier, eddy implies a small-circling-and-counter-current quality, the visual register of river-bend-and-tidal-pool-eddy hand-small-circling-and-counter-current river-bend-and-tidal-pool-and-rock-shelter eddied-and-small-circling-and-counter-current surfaces under river-bend-and-tidal-pool-and-rock-shelter Highland-burn-and-coastal-cove curl-and-spiral-light. Sits at the modifier-and-mood end of the grid, parallel to swirl and stir 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.