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.
The color of watercolor paper varies from manufacturer to manufacturer and even between different types of paper made by the same manufacturer. Watercolor color can range from a warm, rich cream to a cold, blueish white. Descriptive names for watercolor paper colors include traditional, extra white, bright white, and absolute white.