Ultra Violet--It's Really Ultra Lavender!

Every year, I wait in anticipation for Pantone's announcement of their chosen color of the new year and I especially love it when they choose a shade of purple that most resembles the color of lavender--the plant, I mean.  They always seem to avoid the elephant in the room and give the pretty purple hue another name than what it really should be.  After all, a rose by any other name is still a rose so why should it be different for another garden princess whom we lovingly refer to as lavender?

Lavender in bloom here at Blooming Hill last summer.

Ultra Violet looks wonderfully, yet not surprisingly familiar to me so I'll just cut to the chase and say that lavender is purple and purple is "Ultra Violet", therefore "Ultra Violet" is purple and purple is lavender! It's gonna be a great year.  Thanks Pantone.  You made my life in lavender even bigger and brighter than I ever could have imagined for 2018.