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'''Lavender''' is a light shade of [[purple]] or [[Violet (color)|violet]]. It applies particularly to the [[color]] of the [[Lavender|flower of the same name]]. The [[web color]] called lavender is displayed adjacent—it matches the color of the palest part of the flower; however, the more saturated color shown as ''[[#Lavender (floral)|floral lavender]]'' more closely matches the average color of the lavender flower as shown in the picture and is the tone of lavender historically and traditionally considered ''lavender'' by average people as opposed to [[web site designers|website designers]].<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill See discussion of color lavender, Page 163; See color Sample of Lavender—Page 109 Plate 43 Color Sample C5 (Note that the color sample of lavender shown in the [[book]] ''A Dictionary of Color'' (the [[world]] standard for color matching before the introduction of [[computer]]s) matches the shade of lavender displayed above under the heading "Lavender (floral)" )</ref> The color lavender might be described as a ''medium purple'' or a ''light pinkish-purple''. The term ''lavender'' may be used in general to apply to a wide range of pale, light, or grayish-purples, but only on the blue side; [[Lilac (color)|lilac]] is pale purple on the pink side. In paints, the color lavender is made by mixing purple and [[white]] paint.
'''Lavender''' is a light shade of [[purple]] or [[Violet (color)|violet]]. It applies particularly to the [[color]] of the [[Lavender|flower of the same name]]. The [[web color]] called lavender is displayed adjacent—it matches the color of the palest part of the flower; however, the more saturated color shown as ''[[#Lavender (floral)|floral lavender]]'' more closely matches the average color of the lavender flower as shown in the picture and is the tone of lavender historically and traditionally considered ''lavender'' by average people as opposed to [[web site designers|website designers]].<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill See discussion of color lavender, Page 163; See color Sample of Lavender—Page 109 Plate 43 Color Sample C5 (Note that the color sample of lavender shown in the [[book]] ''A Dictionary of Color'' (the [[world]] standard for color matching before the introduction of [[computer]]s) matches the shade of lavender displayed above under the heading "Lavender (floral)" )</ref> The color lavender might be described as a ''medium purple'', a ''pale [[bluish]] purple'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dictionary.com {{!}} Meanings & Definitions of English Words |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/lavender |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Dictionary.com |language=en}}</ref> or a ''light [[pinkish]]-purple''. The term ''lavender'' may be used in general to apply to a wide range of pale, light, or [[grayish]]-purples, but only on the [[blue]] side; [[Lilac (color)|lilac]] is pale purple on the [[pink]] side. In paints, the color lavender is made by mixing purple and [[white]] paint.


==Historical development of the concept of the color==
==Historical development of the concept of the color==
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Displayed at right is the web color '''lavender blush'''. It is a pale pinkish tone of lavender.
Displayed at right is the web color '''lavender blush'''. It is a pale pinkish tone of lavender.
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===Lavender mist (web color lavender)===
===Lavender mist (web color lavender)===
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The color designated as the web color lavender is a very pale [[tint]] of lavender that in other ([[Painting|artistic]]) contexts may be described as '''lavender mist'''.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
The color designated as the web color lavender is a very pale [[tint]] of lavender that in other ([[Painting|artistic]]) contexts may be described as '''lavender mist'''.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
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===Languid lavender===
===Languid lavender===
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Displayed at right is the color '''languid lavender'''. The source of this color is the ''Plochere Color System'', a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by [[interior designer]]s.<ref>[http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/ Plochere Color System:] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821120555/http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/|date=2010-08-21}}</ref>
Displayed at right is the color '''languid lavender'''. The source of this color is the ''Plochere Color System'', a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by [[interior designer]]s.<ref>[http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/ Plochere Color System:] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821120555/http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/|date=2010-08-21}}</ref>
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===Lavender gray===
===Lavender gray===
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The historical name for this color is '''lavender gray'''. It is listed in ''A Dictionary of Color'' as one of the three major variations of lavender in 1930 along with ''lavender blue'' (shown below) and [floral] ''lavender'' (also shown below).<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197</ref> (This book also designates a fourth shade of lavender, called ''old lavender'', also shown below). This color is similar to Prismacolor colored pencil PC 1026, ''Greyed Lavender''.
The historical name for this color is '''lavender gray'''. It is listed in ''A Dictionary of Color'' as one of the three major variations of lavender in 1930 along with ''lavender blue'' (shown below) and [floral] ''lavender'' (also shown below).<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197</ref> (This book also designates a fourth shade of lavender, called ''old lavender'', also shown below). This color is similar to Prismacolor colored pencil PC 1026, ''Greyed Lavender''.
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===Soap===
===Soap===
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This color is a representation of soap scented with [[lavender]], one of the most popular scents for soap.
This color is a representation of soap scented with [[lavender]], one of the most popular scents for soap.
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===Pale lavender===
===Pale lavender===
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At right is displayed the pale tint of lavender shown as ''lavender'' in sample 209 in the [[ISCC-NBS system|ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-l.htm|title=Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names – La through Lz|publisher=Tx4.us|access-date=2009-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822091612/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-l.htm|archive-date=2017-08-22}}</ref>
At right is displayed the pale tint of lavender shown as ''lavender'' in sample 209 in the [[ISCC-NBS system|ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-l.htm|title=Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names – La through Lz|publisher=Tx4.us|access-date=2009-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822091612/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-l.htm|archive-date=2017-08-22}}</ref>
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===Lavender blue===
===Lavender blue===
{{main|Periwinkle (color)}}
{{main|Periwinkle (color)}}
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'''Lavender blue''' was listed in ''A Dictionary of Color'' as one of the three major variations of lavender in 1930 along with ''lavender gray'' (shown above) and [floral] ''lavender'' (shown below). It is identified as being the same color as '''periwinkle'''. The first use of the term ''lavender blue'' as a color term was in 1926.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196—Lavender blue shown as one of the three major variations of lavender under heading ''lavender''; Page 190—Lavender blue is listed as ''blue-lavender'', first use of the color term is identified as 1926, and the color is identified with periwinkle.</ref>
'''Lavender blue''' was listed in ''A Dictionary of Color'' as one of the three major variations of lavender in 1930 along with ''lavender gray'' (shown above) and [floral] ''lavender'' (shown below). It is identified as being the same color as '''periwinkle'''. The first use of the term ''lavender blue'' as a color term was in 1926.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196—Lavender blue shown as one of the three major variations of lavender under heading ''lavender''; Page 190—Lavender blue is listed as ''blue-lavender'', first use of the color term is identified as 1926, and the color is identified with periwinkle.</ref>
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===Light lavender (wisteria)===
===Light lavender (wisteria)===
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Wisteria in this exact shade is one of the [[Crayola]] crayon colors on the [[list of Crayola crayon colors]]. It was formulated as a Crayola color in 1993. The first recorded use of ''wisteria'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in 1892.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 207; Color Sample of Wisteria: Page 105 Plate 41 Color Sample E8</ref>
Wisteria in this exact shade is one of the [[Crayola]] crayon colors on the [[list of Crayola crayon colors]]. It was formulated as a Crayola color in 1993. The first recorded use of ''wisteria'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in 1892.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 207; Color Sample of Wisteria: Page 105 Plate 41 Color Sample E8</ref>
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===Pink lavender===
===Pink lavender===
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The source of this color is the "[[Pantone]] Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #14-3207 TPX—Pink Lavender.<ref>[http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the words "Pink Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:]</ref>
The source of this color is the "[[Pantone]] Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #14-3207 TPX—Pink Lavender.<ref>[http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the words "Pink Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:]</ref>
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===Lavender pink===
===Lavender pink===
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|source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola]]
|source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola]]
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After the introduction of the [[Munsell color system]], in which purple, described as equivalent to [[red-violet]], is described as one of the five psychological primary colors along with [[red]], [[yellow]], [[green]], and [[blue]], some people began to think of lavender as being somewhat more [[pink]]ish color.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}} [[File:Lavender Ice (Tantau 2012) 01.jpg|alt=Lavender pink roses|thumb|Lavender pink [[rose]]s.]]
After the introduction of the [[Munsell color system]], in which purple, described as equivalent to [[red-violet]], is described as one of the five psychological primary colors along with [[red]], [[yellow]], [[green]], and [[blue]], some people began to think of lavender as being somewhat more [[pinkish]] color.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}} [[File:Lavender Ice (Tantau 2012) 01.jpg|alt=Lavender pink roses|thumb|Lavender pink [[rose]]s.]]
This color can be described as '''lavender pink''' or ''pale pinkish-purple'' when purple is defined as equivalent to ''red-violet'' as artists do.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}
This color can be described as '''lavender pink''' or ''pale pinkish-purple'' when purple is defined as equivalent to ''red-violet'' as artists do.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}


This tone of lavender, displayed at right, is the color designated as ''lavender'' (color #74) in the [[list of Crayola crayon colors]]. This version of "lavender" is a lot pinker than the other shades of lavender shown here.
This tone of lavender, displayed at right, is the color designated as ''lavender'' (color #74) in the [[list of Crayola crayon colors]]. This version of "lavender" is a lot pinker than the other shades of lavender shown here.{{clear}}
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===Lavender rose===
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| title= Lavender rose
| hex= FBA0E3
| r= 251|g= 160|b= 227
| c= 0|m= 36|y= 10|k= 2|
h= 316 |s=36|v=98<ref>[http://web.forret.com/tools/color.asp?RGB=%23FBA0E3 web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #FBA0E3 (Lavender Rose):]</ref>
|source=[http://images.google.com/images?q=%22Lavender+roses%22&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images Internet]}}

'''Lavender rose'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=HEX color #FBA0E3, Color name: Lavender Rose, RGB(251,160,227), Windows: 14917883. - HTML CSS Color |url=https://www.htmlcsscolor.com/hex/FBA0E3 |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=www.htmlcsscolor.com}}</ref> is a light shade of [[magenta]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lavender rose / #fba0e3 hex color |url=https://www.colorhexa.com/fba0e3 |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=ColorHexa |language=en-us}}</ref> Before 1958, the color shown below as ''medium lavender gray'' and now called ''purple mountain majesty'' by [[Crayola]] was called ''lavender'' in Crayola crayons. This color can be seen as between the colors [[Rose (color)|rose]] and lavender.
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===Lavender magenta===
{{infobox color|textcolor=black
| title= Lavender magenta
| hex= EE82EE
| r=238|g=130|b=238
| c= 0|m= 46|y= 0|k= 7|
h=300 |s= 45|v=93<ref>[http://web.forret.com/tools/color.asp?RGB=%23EE82EE web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #EE82EE (Lavender Magenta):]</ref>
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Some perceive lavender as being a ''light violet'' color somewhere between the web colors [[heliotrope (color)|heliotrope]] and the web color [[wisteria (color)|wisteria]]. This color is reproduced at right: it is equivalent to the web color mistakenly called "Violet" which is actually a '''light violet''', i.e., a lavender of medium saturation (see the colors displayed in the article on [[violet (color)|violet]] for a comparison of the so-called web color "violet" with the actual color violet, which is color #8B00FF: [[Violet (color)#Electric violet|actual color violet]]). Although the web color "violet" may be called ''light violet'' it is technically actually a ''light magenta'', since the red and blue values of the color are equal (which signifies for computer display that this color is a shade of [[magenta]]), and therefore another name for this color is '''lavender magenta''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Violet / Lavender magenta / #ee82ee Hex Color Code |url=https://encycolorpedia.com/ee82ee |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=encycolorpedia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lavender Magenta - #ee82ee Hex Code, Shades and Complementary Colors |url=https://search.muz.li/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Lavender Magenta - #ee82ee Hex Code, Shades and Complementary Colors |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=#EE82EE Hex Color {{!}} RGB: 238, 130, 238 {{!}} DEEP PINK, FUCHSIA, FUSCHIA, HOT PINK, LAVENDER MAGENTA, MAGENTA |url=https://www.colorcombos.com/colors/EE82EE |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=ColorCombos.com |language=en}}</ref> analogous to the colors ''lavender gray'', ''lavender indigo'', ''lavender blue'', ''lavender rose'', and ''lavender pink''.
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===Medium lavender magenta (web color plum)===
===Medium lavender magenta (web color plum)===
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[[File:Garden heliotrope.jpg|alt=Garden heliotrope|thumb|Garden heliotrope.]]
[[File:Garden heliotrope.jpg|alt=Garden heliotrope|thumb|Garden heliotrope.]]
The color '''heliotrope''' is shown at right. Another name for this color is ''[[Psychedelia|psychedelic]] lavender'' because this color was a popular color often used in the [[hippie]] psychedelic poster art of the late 1960s for the [[The Fillmore|Fillmore Auditorium]] and the [[Avalon Ballroom]] in [[San Francisco]]. These posters were sold in the [[head shop]]s of the [[Haight-Ashbury]] neighborhood and were drawn and produced by such artists as [[Wes Wilson]], [[Stanley Mouse]], [[Rick Griffin]], and [[Victor Moscoso]].
The color '''heliotrope''' is shown at right. Another name for this color is ''[[Psychedelia|psychedelic]] lavender'' because this color was a popular color often used in the [[hippie]] psychedelic poster art of the late 1960s for the [[The Fillmore|Fillmore Auditorium]] and the [[Avalon Ballroom]] in [[San Francisco]]. These posters were sold in the [[head shop]]s of the [[Haight-Ashbury]] neighborhood and were drawn and produced by such artists as [[Wes Wilson]], [[Stanley Mouse]], [[Rick Griffin]], and [[Victor Moscoso]].{{clear}}
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===Bright Úbe===
{{infobox color
| title= Bright úbe
| hex= D19FE8
| r=209|g=159|b=232
| c= 32|m= 47|y= 0|k= 0|
h=270|s= 72|v=64
|source=Encycolorpedia}}
[[Image:Ube Cake.jpg|thumb|left|A piece of cake flavoured with ube]]

Displayed at right is the color '''bright [[ube|úbe]]''' (The word ''ube'' is pronounced ''OObeh'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bright ube / #d19fe8 Hex Color Code |url=https://encycolorpedia.com/d19fe8 |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=encycolorpedia.com |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=Bright ube / #d19fe8 hex color |url=https://www.colorhexa.com/d19fe8 |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=ColorHexa |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Color Bright ube {{!}} Hex Code #D19FE8 {{!}} RGB 209, 159, 232 |url=https://www.99colors.net/name/bright-ube |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=www.99colors.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What is the color of Bright Ube? |url=https://www.crispedge.com/faq/what-is-the-color-of-bright-ube/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=crispedge |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bright Ube 🎨 RGB Color Code: #D19FE8 |url=https://rgbcolorcode.com/color/bright-ube |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=rgbcolorcode.com |language=en}}</ref> The color takes its name from purple [[yam (vegetable)|yam]]s, notably from the appearance of [[pastry|pastries]] or [[ice cream]] where said [[tuber]] is an ingredient or the overall flavor. Outside [[the Philippines]], such products are available in [[Filipino people|Filipino]] [[grocery]] or speciality stores.

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===Lavender (floral)===
===Lavender (floral)===
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At right is displayed the color '''Lavender (floral)'''. This color matches the color shown as "lavender" (viewed under a [[full-spectrum]] [[fluorescent lamp]]) in the 1930 book ''A Dictionary of Color'' (reference below), the [[world]] standard for color names before the introduction of computers. This color may also be called '''floral lavender'''. It is a ''medium violet''.
At right is displayed the color '''Lavender (floral)'''. This color matches the color shown as "lavender" (viewed under a [[full-spectrum]] [[fluorescent lamp]]) in the 1930 book ''A Dictionary of Color'' (reference below), the [[world]] standard for color names before the introduction of computers. This color may also be called '''floral lavender'''. It is a ''medium violet''.


This tone of lavender would be the approximate color you would get if you mix 50% [[violet (color)|violet]] paint and 50% [[white]] paint.
This tone of lavender would be the approximate color resulting from a mix of 50% [[violet (color)|violet]] paint and 50% [[white]] paint.


This tone of lavender may be regarded as actual lavender and the other tones displayed in this article can be regarded as all variations on this shade.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Color Sample of Lavender—Page 109 Plate 43 Color Sample C5 (The color sample of lavender shown in ''A Dictionary of Color'' matches the tone of lavender displayed above under the heading "Lavender (floral)")</ref>
This tone of lavender may be regarded as actual lavender and the other tones displayed in this article can be regarded as all variations on this shade.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Color Sample of Lavender—Page 109 Plate 43 Color Sample C5 (The color sample of lavender shown in ''A Dictionary of Color'' matches the tone of lavender displayed above under the heading "Lavender (floral)")</ref>


This lavender also closely matches the color given as ''lavender'' in a basic purple [https://web.archive.org/web/20081015131139/https://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/PurpleChart.html color chart].
This lavender also closely matches the color given as ''lavender'' in a basic purple {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081015131139/https://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/PurpleChart.html color chart]}}.
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===Amethyst===
===Amethyst===
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Though the color of natural amethyst varies from [[purple]] to [[yellow]], the amethyst color referred to here is the moderate purple color most commonly associated with amethyst stones. There is disagreement as to the cause of the purple color of the amethyst stone. Some believe that the color is due to the presence of [[manganese]], while others have suggested that the amethyst color could be from [[Iron|ferric]] [[thiocyanate]] or [[sulfur]] found in amethyst stones.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
Though the color of natural amethyst varies from [[purple]] to [[yellow]], the amethyst color referred to here is the moderate purple color most commonly associated with amethyst stones. There is disagreement as to the cause of the purple color of the amethyst stone. Some believe that the color is due to the presence of [[manganese]], while others have suggested that the amethyst color could be from [[Iron|ferric]] [[thiocyanate]] or [[sulfur]] found in amethyst stones.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
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===Lavender indigo===

{{infobox color
| title= Lavender indigo|textcolor=white
| hex= 9457EB
| r= 148|g= 87|b= 235
| c= 37|m= 63|y= 0|k= 8|
h= 265|s= 63|v= [https://color-register.org/color/lavender-indigo The Official Register of Color Names]
}}

The color '''lavender indigo'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lavender Indigo color - #9457EB - The Official Register of Color Names |url=https://color-register.org/color/lavender-indigo |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=color-register.org |language=en-US}}</ref> is displayed at right.

''Lavender indigo'' is a shade of lavender that is similar to the color [[Indigo#Deep indigo (web color blue-violet)|blue-violet]], a shade of [[indigo]].
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===Deep lavender (web color medium purple)===
===Deep lavender (web color medium purple)===
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Displayed at right is the web color '''medium purple''' which is equivalent to ''deep medium violet'' or '''deep lavender'''.
Displayed at right is the web color '''medium purple''' which is equivalent to ''deep medium violet'' or '''deep lavender'''.
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===Lavender purple (purple mountain majesty)===
===Lavender purple (purple mountain majesty)===
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This color is a representation of the way [[mountain]]s look when they are far away.
This color is a representation of the way [[mountain]]s look when they are far away.
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===English lavender===
===English lavender===
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The source of this color is the "[[Pantone]] Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-3617 TPX—English Lavender.<ref>[http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the words "English Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:]</ref>
The source of this color is the "[[Pantone]] Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-3617 TPX—English Lavender.<ref>[http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the words "English Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:]</ref>
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===Twilight lavender===
===Twilight lavender===
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Although this is supposed to be a ''[[Metallic color|metallic]]'' color, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a computer.
Although this is supposed to be a ''[[Metallic color|metallic]]'' color, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a computer.
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===Dark lavender===

{{infobox color|textcolor=white
|title= Dark lavender
|hex= 734F96
|r=115|g= 79|b=150
|c= 43|m= 76|y= 0|k= 0|
h=270|s= 47|v= 59<ref>[http://web.forret.com/tools/color.asp?RGB=%23734F96 web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #734F96 (Dark Lavender):]</ref>
|source=[[:File:Bi flag.svg|Vexillological]]}}

[[Image:Bi flag.svg|left|thumb|230px|Bisexual pride flag]]

Displayed at right is the color '''dark lavender''', a representation of the exact shade of lavender that is used in the central band of the ''[[bisexual pride flag]]'' (Pantone color #258--"Deep Lavender"). On the ''bisexual pride flag'', this color is shown as being the combination of a deep tone of [[magenta]] darker than but similar to [[Shocking pink|shocking pink]], the color representing [[women]], and [[Azure (color)#Royal azure|royal azure]] (a medium dark shade of azure), the color representing [[men]]. For the specifications of the color tones of the top and bottom color bands, see the image of the flag in the bisexual pride flag article.
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===Halayà úbe===

{{infobox color
|title= Halayà úbe|textcolor=white
|hex= 663854
|r=102|g= 56|b= 84
|c= 50|m= 57|y= 0|k= 7|
h=278|s= 12|v= 37
|source=[http://www.cmm-net.co.jp/food.html Internet]}} Displayed at right is the '''rich dark lavender purple''' color '''halayà úbe''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halayà Úbe - #663854 Hex Code, Shades and Complementary Colors |url=https://search.muz.li/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Halayà Úbe - #663854 Hex Code, Shades and Complementary Colors |language=en}}</ref> the color of the ''purple yam jam'' (''halayà úbe'') sold in Filipino grocery stores. The source of this color is the following website offering Filipino foods for sale (see under Halaya Ube):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmm-net.co.jp/food.html |title=フィリピン食材,食品,飲み物,お菓子をご自宅まで配達-CMMフィリピン情報サイト |publisher=Cmm-net.co.jp |date= |accessdate=2009-12-07}}</ref>
{{-}}


===Old lavender===
===Old lavender===
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*In 1995 actress [[Uma Thurman]] wore a [[Lavender Prada dress of Uma Thurman|notable lavender colored dress by Prada]] to the Academy Award ceremonies, where she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
*In 1995 actress [[Uma Thurman]] wore a [[Lavender Prada dress of Uma Thurman|notable lavender colored dress by Prada]] to the Academy Award ceremonies, where she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.


===LGBT===
===LGBTQ===
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[[File:Lavender Heights Street Sign.jpg|alt=Lavender Heights in Sacramento, California|thumb|[[Midtown Sacramento#Lavender Heights|Lavender Heights]] in [[Sacramento, California]].]]
[[File:Lavender Heights Street Sign.jpg|alt=Lavender Heights in Sacramento, California|thumb|[[Midtown Sacramento#Lavender Heights|Lavender Heights]] in [[Sacramento, California]].]]
* Lavender is a color that can represent the [[LGBT community]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-10-29 |title=LGBTQ lexicon: What's the significance of the color lavender? |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2014/10/29/lgbtq-lexicon-what-s-the-significance-of-the-color-lavender/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Dallas News |language=en}}</ref>
* Lavender is a color that can represent the [[LGBT community|LGBTQ community]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-10-29 |title=LGBTQ lexicon: What's the significance of the color lavender? |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2014/10/29/lgbtq-lexicon-what-s-the-significance-of-the-color-lavender/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Dallas News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hastings |first=Christobel |date=2020-06-04 |title=How lavender became a symbol of LGBTQ resistance |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/lgbtq-lavender-symbolism-pride/index.html |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
*Just as in the 1890s [[mauve]] symbolized homosexuality, the tone of lavender described above as ''[true] lavender'' or ''floral lavender'' became the symbol of [[homosexuality]] in the 1950s and 1960s. The gay anthem ''[[Das lila Lied]]'' was released in 1920 with the line "we only love lavender night...". In 1923, [[Harold Hersey]] wrote a tongue-in-cheek poem called "[[The Lavender Cowboy]]" about an unmanly cowboy with "only two hairs on his chest". [[Seán O'Casey]] wrote in 1928, "I am very sorry... that I have hurt the refined sentimentalities of C. W. Allen by neglecting to use the lavender... language of the 18th and 19th centuries." [[Cole Porter]]'s 1929 song "I'm a Gigolo" went: "I'm a famous gigolo, And of lavender, my nature's got just a dash in it." A 1935 dictionary of slang reported "streak of lavender," meant an effeminate man or a sissy, a term used in 1926 by [[Carl Sandburg]] to describe young [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref>[http://www.oed.com/ ''Oxford English Dictionary'']</ref> In the 1960s, [[homophile]]s were sometimes referred to as the ''lavender boys'' (this term is still used by some people (both gay and non-gay) to refer to [[gay]]s). A ''lavender convention'' is a convention of homosexuals. A [[heterosexual]] who has some homosexual tendencies is described as someone with a ''dash of lavender''.<ref>Rodgers, Bruce (1972). "Lavender". ''Gay Talk: The Queen's Vernacular—A Dictionary of Gay Slang''. New York: Parragon Books, G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 124.</ref> In the 1970s [[pink]] became more often associated with homosexuality because of the use of the [[pink triangle]] as a symbol of [[gay liberation]]. However, gays of the [[baby boom generation]] still think of lavender as the gayest color. According to some sources, the reason lavender symbolizes homosexuality is because it is the color that is obtained when you mix [[pink]] (the color symbolizing [[girl]]s) with [[baby blue]] (the color symbolizing [[boy]]s).<ref>Jay, Karla and Young, Allen ''Lavender Culture: The Perceptive Voices of Outspoken Lesbians and Gay Men'' (1978)</ref>
*Just as in the 1890s [[mauve]] symbolized homosexuality, the tone of lavender described above as ''[true] lavender'' or ''floral lavender'' became the symbol of [[homosexuality]] in the 1950s and 1960s. The gay anthem ''[[Das lila Lied]]'' was released in 1920 with the line "we only love lavender night...". In 1923, [[Harold Hersey]] wrote a tongue-in-cheek poem called "[[The Lavender Cowboy]]" about an unmanly cowboy with "only two hairs on his chest". [[Seán O'Casey]] wrote in 1928, "I am very sorry... that I have hurt the refined sentimentalities of C. W. Allen by neglecting to use the lavender... language of the 18th and 19th centuries." [[Cole Porter]]'s 1929 song "I'm a Gigolo" went: "I'm a famous gigolo, And of lavender, my nature's got just a dash in it." A 1935 dictionary of slang reported "streak of lavender," meant an effeminate man or a sissy, a term used in 1926 by [[Carl Sandburg]] to describe young [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref>[http://www.oed.com/ ''Oxford English Dictionary'']</ref> In the 1960s, [[homophile]]s were sometimes referred to as the ''lavender boys'' (this term is still used by some people (both gay and non-gay) to refer to [[gay]]s). A ''lavender convention'' is a convention of homosexuals. A [[heterosexual]] who has some homosexual tendencies is described as someone with a ''dash of lavender''.<ref>Rodgers, Bruce (1972). "Lavender". ''Gay Talk: The Queen's Vernacular—A Dictionary of Gay Slang''. New York: Parragon Books, G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 124.</ref> In the 1970s [[pink]] became more often associated with homosexuality because of the use of the [[pink triangle]] as a symbol of [[gay liberation]]. However, gays of the [[baby boom generation]] still think of lavender as the gayest color. According to some sources, the reason lavender symbolizes homosexuality is because it is the color that is obtained when [[pink]] (the color symbolizing [[girl]]s) is mixed with [[baby blue]] (the color symbolizing [[boy]]s).<ref>Jay, Karla and Young, Allen ''Lavender Culture: The Perceptive Voices of Outspoken Lesbians and Gay Men'' (1978)</ref>
* Lavender [[rose]]s are sometimes given by [[LGBT]] people to each other on [[Valentine's Day]] or may be given to those entering into a [[same-sex marriage]].
* Lavender [[rose]]s are sometimes given by [[LGBT]] people to each other on [[Valentine's Day]] or may be given to those entering into a [[same-sex marriage]].
* A [[lavender marriage]] is a [[marriage]] between a man and a woman in which one, or both, parties are, or are assumed to be, homosexual. Usually, but not always, both parties are assumed to be complicit in a public deception to hide their homosexuality (although in some lavender marriages, the marriage partners may be [[bisexual]]).
* A [[lavender marriage]] is a [[marriage]] between a man and a woman in which one, or both, parties are, or are assumed to be, homosexual. Usually, but not always, both parties are assumed to be complicit in a public deception to hide their homosexuality (although in some lavender marriages, the marriage partners may be [[bisexual]]).
* In the [[bandana code]] of the [[leather subculture|gay leather subculture]], wearing a lavender bandana symbolizes that you have a [[Sexual fetishism|fetish]] for dressing in [[drag (clothing)|drag]].<ref>{{citation|last=Andrews|first=Vincent|year=2010|title=The Leatherboy Handbook|publisher=The Nazca Plains Corp.|isbn=978-1-61098-046-3}}</ref><ref>[http://www.gaycityusa.com/hankycodes.htm Hankycode on gaycitiusa.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206134258/http://www.gaycityusa.com/hankycodes.htm|date=2007-12-06}} access date 2012-03-30</ref><ref>[http://www.leathernjonline.com/hanky.htm Hankycode on leathernjonline.com] access date 2010-03-30</ref>
* In the [[bandana code]] of the [[leather subculture|gay leather subculture]], wearing a lavender bandana symbolizes that the wearer has a [[Sexual fetishism|fetish]] for dressing in [[drag (clothing)|drag]].<ref>{{citation|last=Andrews|first=Vincent|year=2010|title=The Leatherboy Handbook|publisher=The Nazca Plains Corp.|isbn=978-1-61098-046-3}}</ref><ref>[http://www.gaycityusa.com/hankycodes.htm Hankycode on gaycitiusa.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206134258/http://www.gaycityusa.com/hankycodes.htm|date=2007-12-06}} access date 2012-03-30</ref><ref>[http://www.leathernjonline.com/hanky.htm Hankycode on leathernjonline.com] access date 2010-03-30</ref>
* ''[[Lavender (magazine)|Lavender]]'' is the name of an [[LGBT]] magazine in [[Minnesota]].
* ''[[Lavender (magazine)|Lavender]]'' is the name of an [[LGBT]] magazine in [[Minnesota]].
* The Lavender Dragon Society was a club for [[gay]] [[Asian Americans]] in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] in the late 1990s and early 2000s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.asianweek.com/2000_06_22/feature.html |title=The Gay Asian American Male - Striving to Find an Identity |access-date=September 27, 2021 |last=Lee |first=Tom |date=2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810022458/http://www.asianweek.com/2000_06_22/feature.html |archive-date=2007-08-10}}</ref>
* The Lavender Dragon Society was a club for [[gay]] [[Asian Americans]] in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] in the late 1990s and early 2000s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.asianweek.com/2000_06_22/feature.html |title=The Gay Asian American Male - Striving to Find an Identity |access-date=September 27, 2021 |last=Lee |first=Tom |date=2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810022458/http://www.asianweek.com/2000_06_22/feature.html |archive-date=2007-08-10}}</ref>
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* The [[LGBTQIA]] caucus of the [[Green Party of the United States]] is the Lavender Greens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lavendergreens.net/ |title=LGBTQIA+ |website=Lavendergreens |access-date=September 27, 2021}}</ref>
* The [[LGBTQIA]] caucus of the [[Green Party of the United States]] is the Lavender Greens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lavendergreens.net/ |title=LGBTQIA+ |website=Lavendergreens |access-date=September 27, 2021}}</ref>
* The [[lavender scare]] refers to the fear and [[persecution]] of [[Homosexuality|homosexual]]s in the 1950s in the United States, which paralleled the [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] campaign known as [[McCarthyism]].
* The [[lavender scare]] refers to the fear and [[persecution]] of [[Homosexuality|homosexual]]s in the 1950s in the United States, which paralleled the [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] campaign known as [[McCarthyism]].
* ''[[Lavender (2019 film)|Lavender]]'' is the name of an 2019 American short LGBT romantic drama film directed by [[Matthew Puccini]].
* ''[[Lavender (2019 film)|Lavender]]'' is the name of a 2019 American short LGBT romantic drama film directed by [[Matthew Puccini]].
* A [[synonym]] used for the original ''[[gay liberation]]'' movement which began in 1969 is referring to the movement as the ''[[lavender revolution]]''.
* A [[synonym]] used for the original ''[[gay liberation]]'' movement which began in 1969 is referring to the movement as the ''[[lavender revolution]]''.
* During the 1960s feminism movement, lesbians were rejected by the then head of the [[National Organization for Women]], [[Betty Friedan]], calling them the "[[Lavender Menace]]". These lesbian radical feminists adopted the name for their own informal group, consisting of many members of the [[Gay Liberation Front]].
* During the 1960s feminism movement, lesbians were rejected by the then head of the [[National Organization for Women]], [[Betty Friedan]], calling them the "[[Lavender Menace]]". These lesbian radical feminists adopted the name for their own informal group, consisting of many members of the [[Gay Liberation Front]].
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===Music===
===Music===
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===Film, television and video games===
===Film, television and video games===
*''[[Ladies in Lavender]]'' is a 2004 film by [[Charles Dance]].
*''[[Ladies in Lavender]]'' is a 2004 film by [[Charles Dance]].
*[[Lavender Town]] is a purple-tinted town in the [[Kanto (Pokémon)|Kanto]] region in the ''[[Pokémon]]'' video games. It is well-known for being a graveyard for Pokémon, and the many ghosts that haunt it.
*[[Lavender Town]] is a purple-tinted town in the [[Kanto (Pokémon)|Kanto]] region in the ''[[Pokémon]]'' video games. It is well known for being a graveyard for Pokémon, and the many ghosts that haunt it.


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[[Category:Shades of violet]]
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This article is about the color. For other uses, see Lavender (disambiguation).

Lavender (floral) (#B57EDC)
#B57EDC

Lavender (web) (#E6E6FA)
#E6E6FA

Lavender (web color)
 
Common connotations
LGBTQ, calmness, homosexuality
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#E6E6FA
sRGBB (r, g, b)(230, 230, 250)
HSV (h, s, v)(240°, 8%, 98%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(92, 16, 266°)
SourceX11,[1] HSV[2]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVery pale blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Lavender is a light shade of purple or violet. It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name. The web color called lavender is displayed adjacent—it matches the color of the palest part of the flower; however, the more saturated color shown as floral lavender more closely matches the average color of the lavender flower as shown in the picture and is the tone of lavender historically and traditionally considered lavender by average people as opposed to website designers.[3] The color lavender might be described as a medium purple, a pale bluish purple,[4] or a light pinkish-purple. The term lavender may be used in general to apply to a wide range of pale, light, or grayish-purples, but only on the blue side; lilac is pale purple on the pink side. In paints, the color lavender is made by mixing purple and white paint.

Historical development of the concept of the color

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The first recorded use of the word lavender as a color term in English was in 1705.[5]

Originally, the name lavender only applied to flowers. By 1930, the book A Dictionary of Color[6] identified three major shades of lavender—[floral] lavender, lavender gray, and lavender blue, and in addition a fourth shade of lavender called old lavender (a darker lavender gray) (all four of these shades of lavender are shown below). By 1955, the publication of the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (a color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps), now on the Internet,[7] listed dozens of different shades of lavender. Today, although the color floral lavender (the color of the flower of the lavender plant) remains the standard for lavender, just as there are many shades of pink (light red, light rose, and light magenta colors), there are many shades of lavender (some light magenta, some light purple, [mostly] light violet [as well as some grayish-violet], and some light indigo colors).

Variations

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Lavender blush

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Lavender blush
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FFF0F5
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 240, 245)
HSV (h, s, v)(340°, 6%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(96, 9, 347°)
SourceX11
ISCC–NBS descriptorPinkish-white
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color lavender blush. It is a pale pinkish tone of lavender.

Lavender mist (web color lavender)

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Lavender mist
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#E6E6FA
sRGBB (r, g, b)(230, 230, 250)
HSV (h, s, v)(240°, 8%, 98%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(92, 16, 266°)
SourceX11
ISCC–NBS descriptorVery pale blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color designated as the web color lavender is a very pale tint of lavender that in other (artistic) contexts may be described as lavender mist.[citation needed]

Languid lavender

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Languid lavender
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#D6CADD
sRGBB (r, g, b)(214, 202, 221)
HSV (h, s, v)(278°, 9%, 87%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(83, 15, 293°)
SourcePlochere
ISCC–NBS descriptorVery pale purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color languid lavender. The source of this color is the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.[8]

Lavender gray

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Lavender gray
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#C4C3D0
sRGBB (r, g, b)(196, 195, 208)
HSV (h, s, v)(245°, 6%, 82%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(79, 10, 269°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorLight bluish-gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The historical name for this color is lavender gray. It is listed in A Dictionary of Color as one of the three major variations of lavender in 1930 along with lavender blue (shown below) and [floral] lavender (also shown below).[9] (This book also designates a fourth shade of lavender, called old lavender, also shown below). This color is similar to Prismacolor colored pencil PC 1026, Greyed Lavender.

Soap

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Soap
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#CEC8EF
sRGBB (r, g, b)(206, 200, 239)
HSV (h, s, v)(249°, 16%, 94%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(82, 31, 272°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorVery pale violet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color soap is displayed at right. Soap is a color formulated by Crayola in 1994 as one of the colors in its Magic Scent specialty box of colors.

Soap bars with lavender from Provence
Soap bars with lavender from Provence.

This color is a representation of soap scented with lavender, one of the most popular scents for soap.

Pale lavender

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Pale Lavender
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#DCD0FF
sRGBB (r, g, b)(220, 208, 255)
HSV (h, s, v)(255°, 18%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(86, 37, 276°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorVery light violet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the pale tint of lavender shown as lavender in sample 209 in the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names.[10]

Lavender blue

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Main article: Periwinkle (color)
A periwinkle flower.
Periwinkle
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#CCCCFF
sRGBB (r, g, b)(204, 204, 255)
HSV (h, s, v)(240°, 20%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(84, 42, 266°)
SourceMaerz and Paul[11]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVery light purplish-blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Lavender blue was listed in A Dictionary of Color as one of the three major variations of lavender in 1930 along with lavender gray (shown above) and [floral] lavender (shown below). It is identified as being the same color as periwinkle. The first use of the term lavender blue as a color term was in 1926.[12]

Light lavender (wisteria)

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Wisteria
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#C9A0DC
sRGBB (r, g, b)(201, 160, 220)
HSV (h, s, v)(281°, 27%, 86%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(71, 47, 293°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorLight purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Chinese wisteria.

The color wisteria is displayed at right. Wisteria, a light medium violet color is equivalent to light lavender.

The Prismacolor colored pencil PC 956, which used to be called light violet and is now called lilac (the actual color of the colored pencil is equivalent to wisteria rather than lilac) is this color.

Wisteria close-up
Wisteria close-up.

Wisteria in this exact shade is one of the Crayola crayon colors on the list of Crayola crayon colors. It was formulated as a Crayola color in 1993. The first recorded use of wisteria as a color name in English was in 1892.[13]

Pink lavender

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Pink lavender
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#DBB2D1
sRGBB (r, g, b)(219, 178, 209)
HSV (h, s, v)(315°, 19%, 86%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(77, 29, 319°)
SourcePantone TPX[14]
ISCC–NBS descriptorGrayish purplish pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color pink lavender is displayed at right.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #14-3207 TPX—Pink Lavender.[15]

Lavender pink

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Lavender pink
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FBAED2
sRGBB (r, g, b)(251, 174, 210)
HSV (h, s, v)(332°, 31%, 98%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(79, 48, 340°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorLight purplish-pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

After the introduction of the Munsell color system, in which purple, described as equivalent to red-violet, is described as one of the five psychological primary colors along with red, yellow, green, and blue, some people began to think of lavender as being somewhat more pinkish color.[citation needed]

Lavender pink roses
Lavender pink roses.

This color can be described as lavender pink or pale pinkish-purple when purple is defined as equivalent to red-violet as artists do.[citation needed]

This tone of lavender, displayed at right, is the color designated as lavender (color #74) in the list of Crayola crayon colors. This version of "lavender" is a lot pinker than the other shades of lavender shown here.

Medium lavender magenta (web color plum)

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Plum (web color)
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#DDA0DD
sRGBB (r, g, b)(221, 160, 221)
HSV (h, s, v)(300°, 28%, 87%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(73, 50, 308°)
SourceHTML/CSS[16]
ISCC–NBS descriptorLight reddish-purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Main article: Plum (color)

At right is displayed the color medium lavender magenta which is equivalent to the web color version of plum (pale plum).

Plum fruits
Plum fruits.

This color may be regarded both as a tone of lavender since it is a light color between rose and blue and as a light medium tone of magenta because its red and blue values are equal (the color signature of a tone of magenta for computer display).

Heliotrope

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Main article: Heliotrope (color)
Heliotrope
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#DF73FF
sRGBB (r, g, b)(223, 115, 255)
HSV (h, s, v)(286°, 55%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(66, 102, 295°)
SourceMaerz and Paul[17]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Garden heliotrope
Garden heliotrope.

The color heliotrope is shown at right. Another name for this color is psychedelic lavender because this color was a popular color often used in the hippie psychedelic poster art of the late 1960s for the Fillmore Auditorium and the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. These posters were sold in the head shops of the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and were drawn and produced by such artists as Wes Wilson, Stanley Mouse, Rick Griffin, and Victor Moscoso.

Lavender (floral)

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A lavender flower.
Lavender (floral)
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#B57EDC
sRGBB (r, g, b)(181, 126, 220)
HSV (h, s, v)(275°, 43%, 86%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(62, 71, 287°)
SourceMaerz and Paul[18]
ISCC–NBS descriptorBrilliant purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color Lavender (floral). This color matches the color shown as "lavender" (viewed under a full-spectrum fluorescent lamp) in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color (reference below), the world standard for color names before the introduction of computers. This color may also be called floral lavender. It is a medium violet.

This tone of lavender would be the approximate color resulting from a mix of 50% violet paint and 50% white paint.

This tone of lavender may be regarded as actual lavender and the other tones displayed in this article can be regarded as all variations on this shade.[19]

This lavender also closely matches the color given as lavender in a basic purple color chart[usurped].

Amethyst

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Amethyst as a quaternary color on the RYB color wheel
  purple
  amethyst
  violet
Amethyst crystals.
Amethyst crystals
Amethyst
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#9966CC
sRGBB (r, g, b)(153, 102, 204)
HSV (h, s, v)(270°, 50%, 80%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(53, 76, 283°)
Sourcehtmlcsscolor[20]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid violet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color amethyst is a moderate, transparent violet. Its name is derived from the stone amethyst, a form of quartz. Amethyst is the birthstone for those born in February.

The first recorded use of amethyst as a color name in English was in 1572.[21]

Faceted amethyst
Faceted amethyst.

Though the color of natural amethyst varies from purple to yellow, the amethyst color referred to here is the moderate purple color most commonly associated with amethyst stones. There is disagreement as to the cause of the purple color of the amethyst stone. Some believe that the color is due to the presence of manganese, while others have suggested that the amethyst color could be from ferric thiocyanate or sulfur found in amethyst stones.[22]

Deep lavender (web color medium purple)

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Medium purple
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#9370DB
sRGBB (r, g, b)(147, 112, 219)
HSV (h, s, v)(260°, 49%, 86%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(55, 83, 276°)
SourceX11
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid violet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Main article: Purple

Displayed at right is the web color medium purple which is equivalent to deep medium violet or deep lavender.

Lavender purple (purple mountain majesty)

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Purple mountain majesty
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#9678B6
sRGBB (r, g, b)(150, 120, 182)
HSV (h, s, v)(269°, 34%, 71%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(55, 48, 284°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorLight violet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color purple mountain majesty, a Crayola color since 1993. This color may be regarded as a medium lavender gray.[citation needed]

This color was the color called lavender in Crayola crayons before 1958, when Crayola switched to calling the color shown above as lavender pink as being lavender. See the website "Lost Crayola Crayon Colors".[23] Because of that, another name for this color is lavender purple.

Mountain view at Auke Bay, Alaska, showing distinctive purple tinges.
Mountain view at Auke Bay, Alaska showing distinctive purple tinges.

This color is a representation of the way mountains look when they are far away.

English lavender

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English lavender
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#B48395
sRGBB (r, g, b)(180, 131, 149)
HSV (h, s, v)(338°, 27%, 71%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(60, 30, 347°)
SourcePantone TPX[24]
ISCC–NBS descriptorGrayish purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color English lavender.

English lavender is a medium light tone of grayish pinkish lavender.

English lavender
English lavender.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-3617 TPX—English Lavender.[25]

Twilight lavender

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Twilight lavender
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#8A496B
sRGBB (r, g, b)(138, 73, 107)
HSV (h, s, v)(329°, 47%, 54%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(40, 40, 339°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorDark purplish-red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color twilight lavender is displayed at right. Twilight lavender is a color formulated by Crayola in 1990 as one of the colors in its Silver Swirls specialty box of metallic colors.

Although this is supposed to be a metallic color, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a computer.

Old lavender

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Old lavender
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#796878
sRGBB (r, g, b)(121, 104, 120)
HSV (h, s, v)(304°, 14%, 47%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(46, 13, 310°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorGrayish-purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The dark lavender gray color displayed at right is called old lavender. It is a dark grayish-violet.

The first recorded use of old lavender as a color name in English was in the year 1924.[26]

In culture

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Fashion

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  • In the formal rules of mourning dress in Georgian, Victorian, and Edwardian Britain, lavender was one of the few colors generally considered acceptable for women's clothing during the period of half-mourning, during which the bereaved was considered to still be in mourning and required to dress in sober, muted tones, but was not expected to wear the all-black garments of full mourning.
  • Lavender roses are symbolic of "love at first sight".[27]
  • In 1995 actress Uma Thurman wore a notable lavender colored dress by Prada to the Academy Award ceremonies, where she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

LGBTQ

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Lavender Heights in Sacramento, California
Lavender Heights in Sacramento, California.
  • Lavender is a color that can represent the LGBTQ community.[28][29]
  • Just as in the 1890s mauve symbolized homosexuality, the tone of lavender described above as [true] lavender or floral lavender became the symbol of homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s. The gay anthem Das lila Lied was released in 1920 with the line "we only love lavender night...". In 1923, Harold Hersey wrote a tongue-in-cheek poem called "The Lavender Cowboy" about an unmanly cowboy with "only two hairs on his chest". Seán O'Casey wrote in 1928, "I am very sorry... that I have hurt the refined sentimentalities of C. W. Allen by neglecting to use the lavender... language of the 18th and 19th centuries." Cole Porter's 1929 song "I'm a Gigolo" went: "I'm a famous gigolo, And of lavender, my nature's got just a dash in it." A 1935 dictionary of slang reported "streak of lavender," meant an effeminate man or a sissy, a term used in 1926 by Carl Sandburg to describe young Abraham Lincoln.[30] In the 1960s, homophiles were sometimes referred to as the lavender boys (this term is still used by some people (both gay and non-gay) to refer to gays). A lavender convention is a convention of homosexuals. A heterosexual who has some homosexual tendencies is described as someone with a dash of lavender.[31] In the 1970s pink became more often associated with homosexuality because of the use of the pink triangle as a symbol of gay liberation. However, gays of the baby boom generation still think of lavender as the gayest color. According to some sources, the reason lavender symbolizes homosexuality is because it is the color that is obtained when pink (the color symbolizing girls) is mixed with baby blue (the color symbolizing boys).[32]
  • Lavender roses are sometimes given by LGBT people to each other on Valentine's Day or may be given to those entering into a same-sex marriage.
  • A lavender marriage is a marriage between a man and a woman in which one, or both, parties are, or are assumed to be, homosexual. Usually, but not always, both parties are assumed to be complicit in a public deception to hide their homosexuality (although in some lavender marriages, the marriage partners may be bisexual).
  • In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a lavender bandana symbolizes that the wearer has a fetish for dressing in drag.[33][34][35]
  • Lavender is the name of an LGBT magazine in Minnesota.
  • The Lavender Dragon Society was a club for gay Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1990s and early 2000s.[36]
  • The Lavender Families Resource Network, formerly known as the Mothers' National Defense Fund, was a Seattle-based organization started in 1974 with the aim to provide lesbian and bisexual women with resources and information relating to child-rearing, custody and adoption issues, and donor insemination.[37]
  • Lavender Graduation is an event that occurs annually at many colleges and universities where LGBT students get their own graduation ceremony to celebrate their identities and achievements.
  • The study of language used specifically by LGBT speakers is known as lavender linguistics.
  • The LGBTQIA caucus of the Green Party of the United States is the Lavender Greens.[38]
  • The lavender scare refers to the fear and persecution of homosexuals in the 1950s in the United States, which paralleled the anti-communist campaign known as McCarthyism.
  • Lavender is the name of a 2019 American short LGBT romantic drama film directed by Matthew Puccini.
  • A synonym used for the original gay liberation movement which began in 1969 is referring to the movement as the lavender revolution.
  • During the 1960s feminism movement, lesbians were rejected by the then head of the National Organization for Women, Betty Friedan, calling them the "Lavender Menace". These lesbian radical feminists adopted the name for their own informal group, consisting of many members of the Gay Liberation Front.
  • The Lavender Panthers was a gay rights activist group in San Francisco during the early 1970s, led by the Reverend Ray Broshears.[39]
  • Lavender Country was an American country music band whose 1973 self-titled album was made up entirely of gay-themed songs.

Music

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Religion

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Film, television and video games

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Numismatics

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a lavender colored banknote of ₹100 denomination under Mahatma Gandhi New Series. The bank note measures 142 mm × 66 mm.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 4.3. SVG color keywords—X11 colors including gray/grey variants:. (May 2003). Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  2. ^ "Convert RGB: #E6E6FA @ toolstud.io".
  3. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill See discussion of color lavender, Page 163; See color Sample of Lavender—Page 109 Plate 43 Color Sample C5 (Note that the color sample of lavender shown in the book A Dictionary of Color (the world standard for color matching before the introduction of computers) matches the shade of lavender displayed above under the heading "Lavender (floral)" )
  4. ^ "Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  5. ^ A. Maerz; M. Rea Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 197. OCLC 1150631.
  6. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill
  7. ^ ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)—Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps—See various shades of the color Lavender displayed on indicated page: [1] Archived 2017-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Plochere Color System: Archived 2010-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197
  10. ^ "Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names – La through Lz". Tx4.us. Archived from the original on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  11. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called periwinkle in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color periwinkle is displayed on page 109, Plate 43, Color Sample B8.
  12. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196—Lavender blue shown as one of the three major variations of lavender under heading lavender; Page 190—Lavender blue is listed as blue-lavender, first use of the color term is identified as 1926, and the color is identified with periwinkle.
  13. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 207; Color Sample of Wisteria: Page 105 Plate 41 Color Sample E8
  14. ^ Type the words "Pink Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
  15. ^ Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the words "Pink Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:
  16. ^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords. W3C. (May 2003). Retrieved on 27 October 2009.
  17. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called heliotrope in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color heliotrope is displayed on page 131, Plate 54, Color Sample C10.
  18. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called lavender in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color lavender is displayed on page 109, Plate 43, Color Sample C5.
  19. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Color Sample of Lavender—Page 109 Plate 43 Color Sample C5 (The color sample of lavender shown in A Dictionary of Color matches the tone of lavender displayed above under the heading "Lavender (floral)")
  20. ^ Nikolaev, 8Bytes studio, Koshevoy Dmitry. Ukraine. "HEX color #9966CC, Color name: Amethyst, RGB(153,102,204), Windows: 13395609. – HTML CSS Color". htmlcsscolor.com. Retrieved 2018-07-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 189; Color Sample of Amethyst: Page 113 Plate 45 Color Sample J8
  22. ^ Chisholm 1911.
  23. ^ "lost color lists – (bring back gold ochre!)". Maxpages.com. June 24, 2004. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  24. ^ Type the words "English Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
  25. ^ Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the words "English Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:
  26. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 200
  27. ^ "Rose color Meanings – Meaning of Rose Colors". rkdn.org. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  28. ^ "LGBTQ lexicon: What's the significance of the color lavender?". Dallas News. 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  29. ^ Hastings, Christobel (2020-06-04). "How lavender became a symbol of LGBTQ resistance". CNN. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  30. ^ Oxford English Dictionary
  31. ^ Rodgers, Bruce (1972). "Lavender". Gay Talk: The Queen's Vernacular—A Dictionary of Gay Slang. New York: Parragon Books, G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 124.
  32. ^ Jay, Karla and Young, Allen Lavender Culture: The Perceptive Voices of Outspoken Lesbians and Gay Men (1978)
  33. ^ Andrews, Vincent (2010), The Leatherboy Handbook, The Nazca Plains Corp., ISBN 978-1-61098-046-3
  34. ^ Hankycode on gaycitiusa.com Archived 2007-12-06 at the Wayback Machine access date 2012-03-30
  35. ^ Hankycode on leathernjonline.com access date 2010-03-30
  36. ^ Lee, Tom (2000). "The Gay Asian American Male - Striving to Find an Identity". Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  37. ^ Bonica, Patricia; Jaime M. Grant. (1998). "Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Organizations". The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  38. ^ "LGBTQIA+". Lavendergreens. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  39. ^ Article in the October 8, 1973 issue of Time magazine about the Lavender Panthers: "The Sexes: The Lavender Panthers".
  40. ^ Lavender by October Noir on Amazon Music

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