What is lavender?
Q: What is lavender?
A: Lavender is a light tone of violet color that is popular and derives its name from the lavender plant's flower.
Q: What did the name lavender originally signify?
A: Originally, the name lavender referred only to the color of the flower of the lavender plant.
Q: Is the color of the flower still the standard for lavender?
A: Yes, the color of the flower of the lavender plant is still the standard for lavender, but there are now other tones of light or medium violet also called lavender.
Q: Can lavender also be called floral lavender?
A: Yes, the color of the flower of the lavender plant can also be called floral lavender.
Q: What are the different shades of lavender?
A: The different shades of lavender can range in hue from pinkish purple through violet to blueish-indigo and can also range from light and pale to medium and greyish shades.
Q: How many major tones of lavender were identified in the book A Dictionary of Color and what were they?
A: Three major tones of lavender were identified in the book A Dictionary of Color--[floral] lavender, lavender gray, and lavender blue, and a fourth tone called old lavender (a dark lavender gray).
Q: When was the first recorded use of the word lavender as a color term in English?
A: The first recorded use of the word lavender as a color term in English was in 1705.
