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Lilac is a color that is a pale shade of violet. It might also be described as light purple. The actual color of the flower of some Lilac flowers is a much deeper color, equivalent to the color shown below as deep lilac.

Contents 1 Lilac 2 Deep Lilac 3 Lilac in human culture 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Lilac

Lilac
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#C8A2C8
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(200, 162, 200)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(300°, 19%, 78%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color lilac.

The first recorded use of lilac as a color name in English was in 1775.^[1]

[edit] Deep Lilac

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Deep Lilac
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#9955BB
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(153, 85, 187)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(270°, 68%, 67%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color deep lilac is displayed at right.

This deeper shade of lilac is the color usually described as lilac in Europe, as opposed to the paler color lilac shown above.

[edit] Lilac in human culture

Academic dress

• In academic dress, lilac symbolizes a doctoral degree in dentistry.

Geography

• Spokane, Washington, is known as the "Lilac City", and also holds an annual lilac festival and lilac parade.
• Lombard, Illinois is called the "Lilac Village" and has an annual lilac festival and parade in May.

Greeting Cards

• The color lilac is often used in greeting cards given by grandchildren to grandparents.

Vexillology

• In the Hispanic flag, the three cross pattée that represent the three ships of Columbus are colored deep lilac.

[edit] References

1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197

[edit] See also

• List of colors
• Lavender
• Lilac (plant)
• Lilac chaser (illusion of visual perception)

v • d • e Shades of violet
Amethyst	Byzantium	Cerise	Eggplant	Fandango	Fuchsia	Han purple	Heliotrope	Indigo	Iris
Lavender (floral)	Lavender	Lavender Blush	Lilac	Magenta	Mauve	Orchid	Palatinate purple	Periwinkle	Persian blue
Purple	Red-violet	Rose	Sangria	Thistle	Tyrian purple	Violet	Wisteria
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