Poinsettia length. The colored bracts—which are most often flaming red but can be orange, pale green, cream, pink, white, or marbled—are often mistaken for flower petals because of their groupings and colors, but are actually leaves. The colors of the bracts are created through photoperiodism, meaning that they require darkness (12 hours at a time for at least five days in a row) to change color. At the same time, the plants require abundant light during the day for the brightest color. The flowers of the poinsettia are unassuming and do not attract pollinators. They are grouped within small yellow structures
Lilac (color) Lilac (color) Lilac is a colour that is a pale violet tone representing the average colour of most lilac flowers. It might also be described as dark mauve or light purple. The colours of some lilac flowers may be equivalent to the colours shown below as "pale lilac", "rich lilac", or "deep lilac". There are other lilac flowers that are coloured red-violet. The first recorded use of "lilac" as an English colour name was in 1775. The "lilac" colour has a specific book published in 2018 by Coloratura Publisher. Pale lilac is the colour that is represented as "lilac" in