Purple

If someone were to ask me if I like the color purple, I would say, “it’s ok”.  Nothing too enthusiastic.  Yet, when I look at my house, what do I see…purple, when I look at my gardens, what do I see…purple!  I think the term purple gets a bad rap, don’t you?  My first instinct is to think of an ugly, intense Minnesota Vikings purple — eeek!  Do you think that too?  What is it about the Vikings color that makes me wrinkle up my nose?  I guess if I look more closely, the colors I am surrounded by are more lavender, desaturated and dusty purple, fuchsia, etc. With every color, there are so many variations that I think it is truly difficult to say you “hate” a color.  Oh really, you say, even Vikings purple…yes, even Vikings purple.  We all have our favorites that truly speak to us, and mesh with our “color comfort zone”.  Honestly, there are no colors I hate, as long as they are used appropriately whether that be the proportion, the environment, the combinations, the application (not a football jersey), etc.  Every color deserves 15 minutes of fame!!!

Let’s look at some rooms where purple, and variations of the hue, really reign (pun totally intended)!