Lavender mist represents the palest expression of violet — the colour of early morning before sunrise, of fog in purple mountains, or of the last light of day. It is a colour so pale it barely commits to being a colour at all.

Barely-there, ethereal, and deeply calming. Lavender mist is the quietest of colours — it asks nothing of the viewer, creates no tension, makes no demands. Used in spaces, it creates an atmosphere of extraordinary calm. It is the colour of meditation — of the space between thoughts.

Lavender Mist is the name of a 1950 painting by Jackson Pollock — one of his most celebrated drip paintings, now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Pollock's use of the word "mist" for a painting made of dense, layered marks creates an interesting paradox — the colour name evokes atmospheric transparency while the technique is physical and immediate.