What is Viva Magenta? -Pantone’s Colour of the Year for 2023
“It is powerful and empowering. It is a new animated red that revels in pure joy, encouraging experimentation and self-expression without restraint, an electrifying, and a boundaryless shade.
It is a colour that is audacious, full of wit and inclusive of all”. Leatrice Eiseman
Wow what a colour. Imagine how warm and welcoming that colour will feel in your home on a cold winter night.
Let’s look at the ways you could use this colour without your family and friends thinking you had gone bonkers.
Magenta looks great with cool greys so that’s good news for all the 2020’s Black/White/Grey interiors. Go bold or go subtle you can’t get it wrong.
Magenta is a colour that has historically been associated with masculinity due to its origins from red, which was considered a masculine colour in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
To make a bold, unrestrained statement consider using solid magenta in drapes and incorporating artwork, throws, rugs or cushions that hint at the same tone.
For a gentler approach look to the printed designs from both local and international designers such as Hemptech and Designers Guild. Magenta features alongside delicate greens and blues in many of their stunning drapery and upholstery textiles.
There is always the simple trends ‘update’ option to get cushions made to suit. Velvets and velours are especially lovely in cushions and often available in strong bold jewel colours such as magenta. A mixture is always appealing and gives you the options to change with the seasons.
Consider getting a statement lamp shade in Magenta. We have a great new supplier of fabric shades.
If you’re wanting more than just visual warmth, remember that the way your window treatments are hung is more important than the product used.
Call into Frazerhurst curtains and blinds in Lower Dent Street Whangarei to learn how to warm up your home with window furnishings of all types.
