Lilac is a color that is a pale violet tone representing the average color of most

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flowers. The colors of some lilac flowers may be equivalent to the colors shown below as ''pale lilac'', ''rich lilac'', or ''deep lilac''. However, there are other lilac flowers that are colored

red-violet Red-violet refers to a rich color of high medium saturation about 3/4 of the way between red and magenta, closer to magenta than to red. In American English, this color term is sometimes used in color theory as one of the purple colors—a non ...

. The first recorded use of ''lilac'' as an English color name was in 1775. The color "lilac" has an eponymous book published in 2018 by Coloratura Publisher.

Variations

Pale lilac

Pale lilac is the color represented as ''lilac'' in the ISCC-NBS color list. The source of this color is sample 209 in the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955). Tetradenia_riparia_03

Bright lilac

The color bright lilac (displayed on the right) is the color labeled ''lilac'' by Crayola in 1994 as one of the colors in its Magic Scent specialty box of colors. Pseudomallada edwardsi AF 1

Rich lilac

Rich lilac, a rich tone of lilac labeled ''lilac'' at Pourpre.com (a popular

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color list), is shown at right. Another name for this color is bright French lilac.

French lilac

The color French lilac is displayed at right. This color was formulated for use in interior design, where a medium dark violet color is desired. The first recorded use of ''French lilac'' as a color name in the English language was in 1814. The

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for french lilac are identical to pomp and power, first recorded as a color name in English in 1950.

In nature

The lilac-breasted roller is a member of the

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family of birds. It is widely distributed in

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and the southern

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In culture

Lilac was a color associated with the final stages of mourning in English and European cultures.

References

External links

* {{Color topics Shades of violet