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lavender {colour commentary}





The colour lavender has always confused me. In fabric, products and furniture, it is almost always a pastel or light shade of violet. In nature, its namesake flower lavender is brilliant royal purple. The description on wikipedia doesn’t clarify much – “a wide range of pale, light, medium, or greyish violet colours, as well as some pale or light pinkish, magenta, or purple colours as well as some pale or light blueish-indigo colours.” That definitely doesn’t help! In any case, it is a beautiful shade in all of its many forms. In particular, lavender fields are stunning expanses of bright purple that must be incredible to see in person.

(images via national geographic, travel vista, charlie waite)

POSTED ON February 10, 2011

LABELS: colour commentary, purple, the great outdoors   7 Comments   Tweet This

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5 comments

Caz
February 10, 2011 at 9:25 am


Perhaps there is such a wide range of colour when referring to the term lavender because it takes on so many different shades throughout its “life” cycle? From fresh to dry as well as the different types of lavender as well.
You should get to the lavender fields on Maui; on the way up to Haleakala – Ali`i Kula Lavender Farm. I think it would be a great research trip into the meaning of the word and colour lavender!!

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