Internet Colors - Set of 1035

Lavender Gray Color 490 - #C4C3D0

The historical name for this color is lavender gray. It is listed in A Dictionary of Color as one of the three major variations of lavender in 1930 along with lavender blue (shown below) and [floral] lavender (also shown below). (This book also designates a fourth shade of lavender, called old lavender, also shown below). This color is similar to Prismacolor colored pencil PC 1026, Greyed Lavender. Sample of lavender gray: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) - Color sample of lavender gray (color sample #213).