Identifying the type of mint. Just to confuse the picture even more, there is a chocolate mint which has purplish stolons. There are, in fact, hundreds of varieties of mint, some of which are commercially grown for oil extraction or for leaf drying, and a lot of which haven't even been given names, being known as Mint 341, etc.
Full Definition of WATERCOLOR. 1. : a paint of which the liquid is a water dispersion of the binding material (as glue, casein, or gum). 2. : the art or method of painting with watercolors. 3. : a picture or design executed in watercolors.
It's the paper in between rough and hot-pressed paper, having a slightly textured surface. Cold-pressed is the most commonly used watercolor paper surface as it allows for a good amount of detail while also having some texture to it. Soft-pressed watercolor paper is in between hot-pressed and cold-pressed, with a slight tooth. It tends to be very absorbent, sucking in paint, making it harder to paint dark or intense colors. Once again it's important to remember that surfaces vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.