The Color Purple – Why It’s More Than a Non-Spectral Color

Purple – just like any other color – can have many different meanings. As a homeowner, it is your privilege to know what colors are, what they’re made of, which colors best team up with which, and what emotions are invoked by each.

Knowing what the color purple can offer is also the duty of interior designers to learn. This is because they are the experts that many clients rely on. Through them, homeowners can make informed and educated choices regarding colors and how they can be used in their dwellings.

If you want to use purple in your kitchen, for instance, you need to find out whether you can use it subtly or more frequently. Look at elements where you could use purple and places where you’ve never used them in the past – wallpapers, fabrics, even accessories.

Purple can mean a lot of things. It could be restful, serene, elegant, spiritual, reverent, and calm. Yet it can also be philosophical, overactive, and creative in the right hue.

Royally Purple

Purple is a regal color this is why it is not commonly used in many homes. There are various forms where you could use this beautiful color. You could add white to come up with a tint that’s unique – lilac, mauve or lavender are all wonderful tints that come from the fusion of white and different hues of purple.

The more subtle or restful versions of this color can be used inside homes especially inside the bathroom and the bedroom. This is a color that promotes calmness (just make sure to use the right tint), even daydreaming.

Purple is also often used with yellow as they are hues that complement each other. These two can create a forceful statement that is both royal and dignified. Purple looks stunning on dining chairs and other pieces that feature fabrics; this is also the perfect accent color especially when used on a triadic scheme. This will blend well with orange and green as it provides a supremacy that may appear striking at first yet beautifully balances the rest of the design elements.

Purple in the Bedroom

Purple is versatile because it is a bright, fun color. It is great for different rooms in your home. You can create a beautiful atmosphere by adding purple, first, in the bedroom. Paint the walls with this beautiful color. It’s bright but also relaxing, use the eggplant shade to make the room more elegant. Use lavender in a pale shade to balance this dark color.

Take a step back and enjoy your work.

Purple in the Living Room

The living room could evoke different emotions depending on the theme that you are trying to achieve. A shade of purple can be used as an accent wall. Actually, when you take a closer look at it, you could even mistake it as a color blue.

Use purple chairs, accent pillows and rugs. The living room becomes more exciting as you add this purple stuff. Just don’t make the mistake of using purple on every single wall or you would end up feeling woozy.

Purple Bathroom

When it comes to the bathroom, it’s time to use a tint of purple – lavender. This offers a feminine touch without being too womanly.

Purple is a relaxing hue that can work pretty well on the tub. You could spend hours in a relaxing bath as you redo the purple to a tint of lavender on your bathtub.

Deeper shades of purple could stage an air of royalty and mystery.

Again, you don’t have to paint every wall in your home with purple paint. Just know where to add purple touches and you would create an opulent-looking home with close to zero effort.

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