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.
Your brush with destiny. Watercolor brushes are traditionally made of the red sable hair that comes from the pricey little critters of fur coat fame. Over the centuries artists have winnowed out the best materials for their tools.