Manorial Sigil Crimson

Latin manōrium, dwelling — adjectival suffix -al, derived from manēre (to remain). As a color modifier, manorial implies a saturated-and-aristocratic-and-rural quality, the deep-rich color of pre-modern English manor-house livery-and-tapestry tradition. Sits at the bold-and-aristocratic end of the grid, parallel to lordly and patrician.

Latin sigillum, little-sign-or-seal. As a color modifier, sigil implies a magical-seal-and-grimoire-symbol quality, the visual register of medieval-grimoire-and-Solomonic-sigil hand-magical-seal-and-grimoire-symbol medieval-grimoire-and-Solomonic-sigil-and-Renaissance-occult sigil-and-magical-seal-and-grimoire-symbol surfaces under medieval-grimoire-and-Solomonic-sigil-and-Renaissance-occult parchment-and-vellum-and-quill grimoire-and-occult-light. Sits at the modifier-and-myth end of the grid, parallel to rune and omen 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.