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{{Short description|Light shade of purple derived from the lavender plant}}
{{About|the color||Lavender (disambiguation)}}
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{{Color swatch|#B57EDC|Lavender (floral) (<code>#B57EDC</code>)|right}}
{{Color swatch|#E6E6FA|Lavender (web) (<code>#E6E6FA</code>)|right}}
{{Infobox color
|title=Lavender (web color)
|image=Image:Single lavender flower02.jpg
|hex=E6E6FA
|source=[[List of HTML color names|X11]],<ref name="css3-color">[http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#svg-color 4.3. SVG color keywords—X11 colors including gray/grey variants:] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129235005/http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#svg-color |date=2017-11-29 }}. (May 2003). Retrieved on 2008-01-05.</ref> HSV<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://toolstud.io/color/rgb.php?rgbhex=E6E6FA&convert=rgbhex|title=Convert RGB: #E6E6FA @ toolstud.io|access-date=2021-06-16|archive-date=2022-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128214634/https://toolstud.io/color/rgb.php?rgbhex=E6E6FA&convert=rgbhex|url-status=live}}</ref>
|isccname=Very pale blue
|symbolism=[[LGBTQ]], [[calmness]], [[homosexuality]]}}

'''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 name=":0">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==
The first recorded use of the word ''lavender'' as a color term in [[English (language)|English]] was in 1705.<ref>{{cite book|author1=A. Maerz|author2=M. Rea Paul|title=A Dictionary of Color|location=New York|year=1930|publisher=McGraw-Hill|page=197|oclc=1150631}}</ref>

Originally, the name ''lavender'' only applied to flowers. By 1930, the book ''A Dictionary of Color''<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill</ref> 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]],<ref>''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: {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170822091612/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-l.htm]}}</ref> 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 (color)|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==
===Lavender blush===
{{infobox color
|title=Lavender blush
|hex=FFF0F5
|source=[[List of HTML color names|X11]]
|isccname=Pinkish-white}}
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)===
{{infobox color
|title=Lavender mist
|hex=E6E6FA
|source=[[List of HTML color names|X11]]
|isccname=Very pale blue}}
The color designated as the [[Web colors|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===
{{infobox color
|title=Languid lavender
|hex=D6CADD
|source=Plochere<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/ |title=Plochere |access-date=2010-01-02 |archive-date=2008-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004182626/http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|isccname=Very pale purple}}
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===
{{infobox color
|title=Lavender gray
|hex=C4C3D0
|source=[[ISCC-NBS]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-l.htm |title=ISCC-NBS|url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822091612/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-l.htm |archive-date=22 August 2017 }}</ref>
|isccname=Light bluish-gray}}
The historical name for this color is '''lavender gray'''. It is listed in ''A Dictionary of Color'' <ref name=":0" />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===
{{infobox color
|title=Soap
|hex=CEC8EF
|source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors#Magic Scent|Crayola]]
|isccname=Very pale violet}}
The color '''soap''' is displayed at right. ''Soap'' is a color formulated by [[Crayola]] in 1994 as one of the colors in its [[List of Crayola crayon colors#Magic Scent|Magic Scent]] specialty box of colors.
[[File:Savons à la lavande au marché d'Apt.jpg|alt=Soap bars with lavender from Provence|thumb|Soap bars with lavender from [[Provence]]]]
This color is a representation of soap scented with [[lavender]], one of the most popular scents for soap.
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===Pale lavender===
{{infobox color
|title=Pale Lavender
|hex=DCD0FF
|source=[[ISCC-NBS]]<ref name="auto"/>
|isccname=Very light violet}}
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|url-status=usurped|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===
{{main|Periwinkle (color)}}
[[File:Vinca minor Nashvillle.jpg|thumb|left|230px|A [[Vinca minor|periwinkle]] flower]]
{{Infobox color
|title=Periwinkle
|hex=CCCCFF
|source=Maerz and Paul<ref>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.</ref>
|isccname=Very light purplish-blue}}

'''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> The color periwinkle was named after the [[Vinca minor|flower]] of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Everything about the color Periwinkle |url=https://www.canva.com/colors/color-meanings/periwinkle/ |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=Canva's Design Wiki |language=en-US}}</ref> 
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===Light lavender (wisteria)===
{{infobox color
|title=light lavender
|hex=C9A0DC
|source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola]]
|isccname=Light purple}}
[[File:Chinese Wisteria Blütentrauben.JPG|thumb|left|175px|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 (color)|lilac]]) is this color.
[[File:Wisteria sinensis 1.JPG|alt=Wisteria close-up|thumb|[[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 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===
{{infobox color
|title=Pink lavender
|hex=DBB2D1
|source=Pantone TPX<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx |title=Pantone TPX |access-date=2008-04-13 |archive-date=2015-09-10 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150910082906/http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Type the words "Pink Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.</ref>
|isccname=Grayish purplish pink}}

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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx |title=Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the words "Pink Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear |access-date=2008-04-13 |archive-date=2015-09-10 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150910082906/http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===Lavender pink===
{{infobox color
|title=Lavender pink
|hex=FBAED2
|source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola]]
|isccname=Light purplish-pink|image=Lavendercrayolacrayon.jpg|caption=A lavender Crayola crayon}}
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 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}}

===Medium lavender magenta (web color plum)===
{{infobox color
|title=Plum (web color)
|hex=DDA0DD
|source=[[HTML color names|HTML/CSS]]<ref name="css3-color-html4">[http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4 W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129235005/http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4 |date=2017-11-29 }}. W3C. (May 2003). Retrieved on 27 October 2009.</ref>
|isccname=Light reddish-purple}}
{{Main|Plum (color)}}
At right is displayed the color '''medium lavender magenta''' which is equivalent to the [[web color]] version of '''plum''' (''pale plum'').
[[File:Plums.jpg|alt=Plum fruits|thumb|[[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).
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===Heliotrope===
{{main|Heliotrope (color)}}
{{infobox color
|title=Heliotrope
|hex=DF73FF
|source=Maerz and Paul<ref>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.</ref>
|isccname=Vivid purple}}
[[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]].{{clear}}

===Lavender (floral)===
[[File:Single lavender flower02.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A [[lavender]] flower]]
{{infobox color
|title=Lavender (floral)
|hex=B57EDC
|source=Maerz and Paul<ref>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.</ref>
|isccname=Brilliant purple}}

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 (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 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===
{| align="right"
|+ Amethyst as a quaternary color on the RYB color wheel
|-
|{{legend|#800080|purple}}
|-
|{{legend|#691A87|'''amethyst'''}}
|-
|{{legend|#55308D|violet}}
|}
[[File:Améthystre sceptre2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Amethyst crystals|alt=Amethyst crystals.]]
{{infobox color
|title=Amethyst
|hex=9966CC
|source=htmlcsscolor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.htmlcsscolor.com/hex/9966CC|title=HEX color #9966CC, Color name: Amethyst, RGB(153,102,204), Windows: 13395609. – HTML CSS Color|last=Nikolaev|first=8Bytes studio, Koshevoy Dmitry. Ukraine|website=htmlcsscolor.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-25|archive-date=2020-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803012636/https://www.htmlcsscolor.com/hex/9966CC|url-status=live}}</ref>
|isccname=Vivid violet}}

The color '''amethyst''' is a moderate, transparent [[violet (color)|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 language|English]] was in 1572.<ref>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</ref>
[[File:Amethyst close cropped.jpg|alt=Faceted amethyst|thumb|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 [[Iron|ferric]] [[thiocyanate]] or [[sulfur]] found in amethyst stones.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
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===Deep lavender (web color medium purple)===
{{infobox color
|title=Medium purple
|hex=9370DB
|source=[[List of HTML color names|X11]]
|isccname=Vivid violet}}
{{main|Purple}}
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)===
{{infobox color
|title=Purple mountain majesty
|hex=9678B6
|source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola]]
|isccname=Light violet}}
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|date=January 2020}}

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".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://maxpages.com/lostcrayolas/lost_color_lists |title=lost color lists – (bring back gold ochre!) |publisher=Maxpages.com |date=June 24, 2004 |access-date=September 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012151724/http://maxpages.com/lostcrayolas/lost_color_lists |archive-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref> Because of that, another name for this color is '''lavender purple'''.
[[File:Auke Bay Alaska 2.jpg|alt=Mountain view at Auke Bay, Alaska, showing distinctive purple tinges.|thumb|Mountain view at [[Auke Bay, Juneau|Auke Bay, Alaska]], showing distinctive purple tinges]]
This color is a representation of the way [[mountain]]s look when they are far away.
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===English lavender===
{{infobox color
|title=English lavender
|hex=B48395
|source=Pantone TPX<ref name="auto1"/><ref>Type the words "English Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.</ref>
|isccname=Grayish purplish red}}

Displayed at right is the color '''English lavender'''.

''English lavender'' is a medium light tone of grayish pinkish lavender.
[[File:English Lavender.JPG|alt=English lavender|thumb|English lavender]]
The source of this color is the "[[Pantone]] Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-3617 TPX—English Lavender.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx |title=Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the words "English Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear |access-date=2008-04-13 |archive-date=2015-09-10 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150910082906/http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===Twilight lavender===
{{infobox color
|title=Twilight lavender
|hex=8A496B
|source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors#Silver Swirls|Crayola]]
|isccname=Dark purplish-red}}
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 [[List of Crayola crayon colors#Silver Swirls|Silver Swirls]] specialty box of metallic colors.

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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===Old lavender===
{{infobox color
|title=Old lavender
|hex=796878
|source=[[ISCC-NBS]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170822091612/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-o.htm ISCC-NBS]}}</ref>
|isccname=Grayish-purple}}
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 language|English]] was in the year 1924.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 200</ref>
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==In culture==
===Fashion===
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* In the formal rules of [[mourning]] dress in [[Georgian era|Georgian]], [[Victorian era|Victorian]], and [[Edwardian era|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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rkdn.org/roses/colors.asp|title=Rose color Meanings – Meaning of Rose Colors|website=rkdn.org|access-date=2016-05-07}}</ref>
* 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.

===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]]]]
* 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 |archive-date=2024-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310020348/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2014/10/29/lgbtq-lexicon-what-s-the-significance-of-the-color-lavender/ |url-status=live }}</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 |archive-date=2023-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118224608/https://www.cnn.com/style/article/lgbtq-lavender-symbolism-pride/index.html |url-status=live }}</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>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oed.com/|title=Oxford English Dictionary|access-date=2007-02-25|archive-date=2008-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111125659/http://www.oed.com/|url-status=live}}</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]].
* 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 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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611072714/http://www.leathernjonline.com/hanky.htm |date=2010-06-11 }} access date 2010-03-30</ref>
* ''[[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 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.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Bonica, Patricia|author2=Jaime M. Grant.|date=1998|title=Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Organizations.|url=http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/rcuswh/gay_lesbian_and_bisexual_organizations/0?searchId=f2a46d17-0de6-11e6-a80f-0aea1e3b2a47&result=2|journal=The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History|access-date=May 6, 2016}}</ref>
* [[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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lavendergreens.net/ |title=LGBTQIA+ |website=Lavendergreens |access-date=September 27, 2021 |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922013741/https://www.lavendergreens.net/ |url-status=live }}</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]].
* ''[[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]]''.
* 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]].<ref>Article in the October 8, 1973 issue of [[Time magazine|''Time'' magazine]] about the ''Lavender Panthers'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720054347/http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,908008,00.html "The Sexes: The Lavender Panthers"].</ref>
* [[Lavender Country]] was an American country music band whose 1973 self-titled album was made up entirely of gay-themed songs.
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* "[[Lavender Blue]]", originally an English folk song dating to the 17th century. This song became very popular during the 1950s rock and roll era, when it was sung by [[Solomon Burke]]. A hit version of the song, sung by [[Burl Ives]], was featured in the [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney]] movie ''[[So Dear to My Heart]]'' and the 2015 film ''[[Cinderella (2015 American film)|Cinderella]]''.
* "Lavender" is a song by [[Marillion]] on the 1985 album ''[[Misplaced Childhood]]''. It quotes the folk song "Lavender Blue" in its lyrics.
* "Lavender" is a song by [[October Noir]] on the 2019 album ''Thirteen''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Lavender/dp/B07WT7JR99|title=Amazon.com|website=www.amazon.com}}</ref>
* "[[Lavender Haze]]" is a song by [[Taylor Swift]] on the 2022 album ''[[Midnights]]''.

===Religion===
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* In [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|Theosophy]] and the [[Ascended Master Teachings]] (a group of religions based on Theosophy), since the color [[Violet (color)|violet]] represents the [[deity]] [[St. Germain (Theosophy)|St. Germain]], and lavender is simply a light tone of violet, lavender as well as violet objects may be placed on the altar to St. Germain.
* The [[Christianity|Christian]] holiday of [[Easter]] is represented by lavender and [[yellow]] because the [[crocus]] flower, which is lavender and yellow, blooms in [[Europe]] in the spring.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

===Film, television and video games===
* ''[[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.

===Numismatics===
The [[Reserve Bank of India]] (RBI) issued a lavender colored banknote of [[Indian 100-rupee note|₹100]] denomination under [[Mahatma Gandhi New Series]]. The bank note measures 142&nbsp;mm × 66&nbsp;mm.
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Image:Rs_100_note_front_view.jpg|[[Indian 100-rupee note|Indian 100 rupee]] note, obverse
Image:Rs_100_note_back_view.jpg|[[Indian 100-rupee note|Indian 100 rupee]] note, reverse
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== Gallery ==
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File:Krokusse im Lichtenrader Volkspark im März 2021.jpg|Some [[Crocus|crocuses]] are lavender-colored
File:Bluebell flowers.jpg|[[Hyacinthoides|''Hyacinthoides'' (blue bell)]] is lavender blue
File:Corn Snake opal.jpg|"Opal" phase [[Corn snake|Corn snake]] (''Pantherophis guttatus'')
File:Rosa Lavender Flower Circus 2022-06-12 1089.jpg|[[Rose]] called ''"lavender flower circus"'' 
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==See also==
* [[LGBT symbols]]
* [[Lilac (color)|Lilac]]
* [[List of colors]]
* [[Mauve]]

==References==
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