For too long paler colours - whites, beiges and neutrals - have dominated the interior design palette. Decorating with deep tones and exotic shades enhanced by subtle lighting can provide the perfect background to emphasise shapes and contours, furniture and fabric and change a muted look in to a warm distinctive interior.
In this book each richly illustrated chapter explores a particular colour "family": blues and greens - indigo, cobalt, ultramarine, sapphire, holly, malachite and pine; reds and purples - vermilion, burgundy, raspberry, scarlet, violet heliotrope, aubergine and amethyst to browns and greys; with historical anecdotes and fascinating information on original dye sources.
Vinny Lee demonstrates the effect of lighting and how to take into account our personal preferences and reactions to colour. She shows how deep colours provide a background to enhance all the other elements in a room, from shape and contour to furniture and fabric.
'Mood Indigo' offers inspiring suggestions for all the rooms in the house and explores how inventive use of deep colour can create a sensuous change of mood and transform your home in surprising and alluring ways.
