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Lavender (color)
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<p>Lavender (floral) (#B57EDC)#B57EDC </p> <p>Lavender (web) (#E6E6FA)#E6E6FA </p> <p>Lavender is a light shade of <a href="/facts/Purple/PVL40QPo">purple</a> or <a href="/facts/Violet_(color)/zcNJGApt">violet</a>. It applies particularly to the <a href="/facts/Color/XDvW7ESP">color</a> of the <a href="/facts/Lavender/WGnWX9Rh">flower of the same name</a>. The <a href="/facts/Web_color/bvUDhlfX">web color</a> called lavender is displayed adjacent—it matches the color of the palest part of the flower; however, the more saturated color shown as <i>floral lavender</i> 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 <i>lavender</i> by average people as opposed to <a href="/facts/Web_site_designers/1uNCN7qE">website designers</a>. The color lavender might be described as a <i>medium purple</i>, a <i>pale <a href="/facts/Bluish/Kdx1umIJ">bluish</a> purple</i>, or a <i>light <a href="/facts/Pinkish/xEFBK3pC">pinkish</a>-purple</i>. The term <i>lavender</i> may be used in general to apply to a wide range of pale, light, or <a href="/facts/Grayish/0Kdytv1P">grayish</a>-purples, but only on the <a href="/facts/Blue/DHWb8MUa">blue</a> side; <a href="/facts/Lilac_(color)/aTy9SWAk">lilac</a> is pale purple on the <a href="/facts/Pink/fHod9nJE">pink</a> side. In paints, the color lavender is made by mixing purple and <a href="/facts/White/L2qjm4G0">white</a> paint. </p>