Splashy Crag Goldenrod

Imitative-onomatopoeic origin — adjectival suffix -y, evoking the sound of liquid impact. As a color modifier, splashy implies a saturated-and-attention-grabbing-and-bold quality, the bright color of Pop-Art-and-1950s-Tiki mid-century-modern showy-decor advertising-and-display. Sits at the bright-and-flamboyant end of the grid, parallel to showy and flamboyant in usage.

Old Norse kragi, crag / rock. As a color modifier, crag implies a rough-rock-outcrop quality, the visual register of Lake-District-and-Snowdonia exposed volcanic-and-slate rock-outcrop face-and-scree mountain surfaces under dramatic Lake-District-and-Welsh-Snowdonia mountain-light. Sits at the modifier-and-place end of the grid, parallel to cliff and bluff 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.