The Color Purple.

I indulged myself with a mani pedi the other day (pink, not purple), which also requires I catch up on mass quantities of magazine reading. So, I picked up a Vanity Fair and could not help but notice a virtual onslaught of purple. Purple and shades of mauves and lavender were the predominant ink in its pages, and not just the fashion - it was all over their typefaces and the advertisements, too. So, I wondered, is purple headed to the household, too? You may have noticed, I have been strangely drawn to pale lavender, and grays lately. Perhaps it's subliminal, feeding into my brain from the pages of fashion magazines and I just hadn't quite noticed yet.

The color wheel defines purple as “any of a group of colors with a hue between that of violet and red” and as a “symbol of royalty or high office.” Historically, the color purple has been associated with royalty and power, so let's take a look at the most regal of colors - purple, and see how we feel about it, shall we?

Clockwise, from left to right: Crate & Barrel's Sasha Dining Chair; Vintage Paisley Pillow from Little Chook; Velocity Art & Design's Terrier Pillow; Urban Outfitters Round Velvet Pillow; and Jonathan Adler's Bargello Chevron Pillow.


Clockwise, from left to right: Lola Pillow from Enhabiten, which is even filled with lavender and buckwheat; Sunbloom Fabric from Amy Butler; Lavender Pillow Cover from Green Room; and pretty Pomegranate Ceramic Vase from Whitney Smith.


*All room images located from Orangedreamer7's 'Purple" Domino Deco Book.