Buzzed Eden Goldenrod

Imitative-onomatopoeic origin — past-participle of buzz, evoking the sound of bee-hum. As a color modifier, buzzed implies a saturated-and-vibrating-and-active quality, the bright color of insect-pollinator and neon-lamp low-amplitude-buzz visual-vibration. Sits at the bright-and-active end of the grid, parallel to jazzed and wired in usage.

Hebrew ‘Ēden, garden-of-paradise. As a color modifier, eden implies a primal-paradise-and-garden-of-creation quality, the visual register of Genesis-Eden-and-Lucas-Cranach-paradise hand-primal-paradise-and-garden-of-creation Genesis-Eden-and-Lucas-Cranach-paradise-and-Northern-Renaissance eden-and-primal-paradise-and-garden-of-creation surfaces under Genesis-Eden-and-Lucas-Cranach-paradise-and-Northern-Renaissance Cranach-and-Bosch-and-Hieronymus primal-garden-light. Sits at the modifier-and-myth end of the grid, parallel to avalon and bliss 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.