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
Lavender (color) or a "light pinkish purple". The term "lavender" may be used in general to apply to a wide range of pale, light or greyish purples but only on the pink side. Lilac is pale purple on the blue side. In paints, the colour lavender is made by mixing purple and white paint. The first recorded use of the word "lavender" as a color term in English was in 1705. Originally, the name "lavender" only applied to flowers. By 1930, the book "A Dictionary of Color" identified three major shades of lavender—"[floral] lavender", "lavender gray", and "lavender blue", and in addition