Lavender colors include white, pink, blue-violet and of course a wide range of purples! Here is a selection of our favorite Lavender flowers per color.
How many colors of lavender are there?
By 1930, the book A Dictionary of Color 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 dark lavender gray) (all four of these shades of lavender are shown below).
What are the four types of lavender?
English Lavender, Portuguese Lavender, French Lavender, Spanish Lavender, Lavandin.
What does lavender color look like?
Lavender is the shade obtained by mixing purple with white. That’s because it’s a rather bluish shade, like a sort of very diluted purple. However, there are many different tones of light lavender on the color chart these days, some of which are reddish and some of which are bluish.
Is lilac color same as lavender?
The main difference between lavender and lilac (colors) is that the lavender is a pale purple with a bluish tinge while the lilac is as a pale purple with a pinkish tinge. Lavender and lilac are two shades of purple and violet. They are very similar to each other and many people often confuse these two shades.
What color is best for lavender?
Lavender can work well with a lot of colors, these include neutral colors like white, gray, and even beige. Also, colors like yellow, green, pink, and other pastel shades go with lavender. You might also consider black and brown, which is a bolder choice for a color combination.
Is blue lavender a thing?
You typically see the blooms appear in a violet-purple color, but white- and pink-flowering types are available, too. Some popular varieties of English lavender include: > Blue Scent: An award winner, Blue Scent English lavender features deep blue-purple flowers and is quite tidy. It grows only 12 inches tall and wide.
Which is darker lavender or lilac?
Lavender is a shrub while is a tree. Lilac leaves are darker and way larger than lavender. Lilac flowers are pink and lighter in color compared to the purple ones of lavender.
Which is darker lavender or purple?
Lavender has richer blue tone than purple that appears darker because of richer red tone. Purple is the color traditionally used by the royalty and the nobility. Today there are many variations of lavender color available on the color chart.
What color stands out on lavender?
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Does pink lavender exist?
English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), the most common, is hardy to USDA Zone 5. Hundreds of varieties exist in many colors (white, pink, blue violet, and many shades of purple) and sizes.
How many different lavender flowers are there?
There are 450 varieties of lavender that are categorized into 45 different species.
Is there a yellow lavender?
Yellow Lavender is sometimes referred to as green lavender and has been documented back to the 17th century. Thought to originate in the Portuguese archipelago Madeira, Yellow Lavender prefers warm summers and mild winters.
Which is darker lavender or purple?
Lavender has richer blue tone than purple that appears darker because of richer red tone. Purple is the color traditionally used by the royalty and the nobility. Today there are many variations of lavender color available on the color chart.
What is the rarest purple color?
Tyrian Purple was so expensive that records show the Roman emperor Diocletian paying three times the dye’s weight in gold for it. Interestingly the dye wasn’t made from a nonrenewable source as we saw with Lapis Lazuli. Tyrian Purple was made from a pigment found in shellfish in the deep waters around Phoenicia.
Which lavender is the deepest purple?
Lavender Lavance Deep Purple
About Lavender Lavance Deep Purple
Our new Lavender Lavance produces the deepest dark purple-blue and will hold its strong color through the bloom season. They branch well, blooming the first year and look beautiful in a pot or the garden.