Original: The web color called lavender is displayed at right -- it matches the color of the very palest part of the lavender flower ; however , the more saturated color shown below as floral lavender more closely matches the average color of the lavender flower as shown in the picture and is the tone of lavender historically and traditionally considered lavender by the average person as opposed to those who are web site designers .
Simplified: By 1930 , the book A Dictionary of ColorMaerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York :1930 McGraw-Hill 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 ) .