Weekly Color Fix by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt
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Which one is your favorite shade of purple? |
In a Purple Haze
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Valspar Regal Plum: |
Purple is a very calming color to use in your home. This shade appeals to both men and women. Pantone Spring 2014 trend report even includes a sophisticated shade “purple haze” for men. It is a deeper more masculine version of the women’s “violet tulip”. Since “radiant orchid” is the color of the year, purple is going to be here to stay, check out some great house paint colors for your home decor.
What makes purple a great interior color
Interior designers were asked what purples they like and their reasons range from praising purple’s sexy sophistication to being a great color to hand artwork on. All the decorators agree that purple is a soothing color and easy to live with.. Would you paint a room in your house purple?
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Benjamin Moore Inspired:
This is on a single wall in my gallery kitchen.
That way you don;t feel like you just fell into
a berry smoothie. Violet draws out a higher
consciousness, so they say, because it’s nearest
to black. And it’s simultaneously warm and
cool, vibrant and relaxed, vintage and fresh.
It makes me a mellow kind of happy.
~Noelle Lake
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Martha Stewart Dusk by Glidden:
{for hanging art on walls} I just don’t
think white has the personality and
warmth that makes you feel invited
into a room, I want something a
little stringer, and this dusty lavender
has a soft powdery feeling. It‘s rich
and mysterious. antique velvet.
Anything you hang on it looks
more special~Hal Williamson
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Valspar Purple Royalty:
I find it relaxing whenever any dark
rich color is used throughout a room.
Your eye is not jumping from dark walls
to light trim, and you sink into the color
just as you’d sink into a comfortable sofa.
Its almost as if you’re swimming in it.
And it opens up the space, because
you can’t see where the boundaries are.
~Eddie Lee
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[Farrow and Ball’s Brassica is]
hard to describe- not aubergine, not purple,
not gray. Maybe a stone lavender?
If you do the trim in the same tone,
you get this warm cocoonish, sensual space.
I see it in a master bedroom or study,
paired with chocolate brown linen
velvet upholstery and deeper pops of aubergine.
~Robert Passal |
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Benjamin Moore Passion Plum:
There’s something mysterious and magical
about purple. A den or a library of a family
room–where you might traditionally go to
a sage green or a blood red–would feel
more modern in this shade, which is like the
inside of a pansy. And darker colors are
always sexy, because they warm things up
and make everyone look better
~Kirsten Brant |
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Benjamin Moore Eggplant:
There’s something about paintings,
If you hang them on a light wall,
they blend into the wall and you’re
not aware of them. Against a dark
wall, they jump right out. This
eggplant brings out their colors
and seems to intensify them. The
dark bacground purts a frame
around the painting that makes
it look stronger~ Mario Buatta |
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Farrow and Ball Brinjal:
(another color great for hanging art!)
I have some 18th-century Swedish
engravings in gilded frames, and
this dark, penetrating color makes
them radiate off the walls. It’s sexy
and mysterious, somewhere between
purple and brown, and the darkness
brings out the precision of these lines.
Add acid green, lemony yellow,
or pink. ~Marcy Masterson |
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Benjamin Moore Sleepy Hollow:
Maybe you’d actually use your
living room if you painted it this
dusty purple, It’s cheerful and
bright in the light and at night
it gets moody and just wraps
itself around you. White moldings
and hot magenta or chartreuse
fabrics would make it come
alive. Or try silvery grays and
washed out blues. Throw in some
sparkle with mercury glass.
~Eileen Kathryn Boyd
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Which one is your favorite shade of purple?
If you are not ready to make such a drastic change then add some purple art or home accessories!