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September 28 to October 4 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / HOME & GARDEN /INSPIRATION 11
THE COLOURS OF SUMMER: PURPLE
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“safe” colours for decorating. Neutrals,
browns, and greys are more frequent colour
choices for being comfortable and easy to live
with. That doesn’t make purple a bad choice.
hoose for your walls is probably one of the biggest decisions you have to make when
It takes courage and confidence to choose this
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your accessories
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character.
Historically, the colour purple was the colour
of the rich. It is luxurious, elegant and
idea is to diverse. use theJust colours like with mixed any luxurious and not things, matched. For a less dramatic but equally
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on your walls, choose light shades, such as lilac
and light violet. If you’re more into darker
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tan or brown couch or chair with some purple
throw pillows.
For kitchens avoid applying dark purple,
since it can be over bearing. Lighter and pale
shades will work much better by giving the
feeling of ease. Light purple colour is a nice
way to bring novelty and a tranquil feel into
modern interior design. Medium and dark
purple colour shades are excellent for creating
a dramatic statement and explore new
interior colour schemes for home decorating.
Purple works well with white and all brown
colour shades, pink and orange, yellow and
green colours. Blue colour tones can be added
to modern wallpaper or interior paint in light
purple colour for creating calming and peaceful,
elegant and sophisticated interior design
and decor.
Keep in mind, that if you are planning to
use only two colours in the design of your
room, make sure that all your accessories differ
in their shades, for example a dark purple
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