JUNE, 2011
Developed by interior designer and architectural historian Edward Bulmer, Pots of Paint offer hardwearing 100% natural emulsion and eggshell in glorious pigment-rich tones with a natural ‘chalky’ finish. Kind to people and the environment, they are made with only sustainably produced raw materials such as beeswax, milk casein and linseed oil.
The all-natural pigments derived from plants and minerals bring very special depth and intensity of colour to their paints. This is shown to perfection in their range of ten wonderful blues, where Pots of Paint’s authentic hues of sea, sky, meadow and garden create an inspiring palette of truly natural colours...
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MAY, 2011
The shortest wavelength is violet, often described as purple. It takes awareness to a higher level of thought, even into the realms of spiritual values. It is highly introversive and encourages deep contemplation, or meditation. It has associations with royalty and usually communicates the finest possible quality. Being the last visible wavelength before the ultra-violet ray, it has associations with time and space and the cosmos. Excessive use of purple can bring about too much introspection and the wrong tone of it communicates something cheap and nasty, faster than any other color.
Positive: Spiritual awareness, containment, vision, luxury, authenticity, truth, quality.
Negative: Introversion, decadence, suppression, inferiority.
Photo: Abhika
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Being a tint of red, pink also affects us physically, but it soothes, rather than stimulates. (Interestingly, red is the only color that has an entirely separate name for its tints. Tints of blue, green, yellow, etc. are simply called light blue, light green…etc.) Pink is a powerful color, psychologically. It represents the feminine principle, and survival of the species; it is nurturing and physically soothing. Too much pink is physically draining and can be somewhat emasculating.
Positive: Physical tranquility, nurture, warmth, femininity, love, sexuality, survival of the species.
Negative: Inhibition, emotional claustrophobia, emasculation, physical weakness.
Photo: Designers Guild
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The yellow wavelength is relatively long and essentially stimulating. In this case the stimulus is emotional; therefore yellow is the strongest color, psychologically. The right yellow will lift our spirits and our self-esteem; it is the color of confidence and optimism. Too much of it, or the wrong tone in relation to the other tones in a color scheme, can cause self-esteem to plummet, giving rise to fear and anxiety. Our "yellow streak" can surface.
Positive: Optimism, confidence, self-esteem, extraversion, emotional strength, friendliness, creativity.
Negative: Irrationality, fear, emotional fragility, depression, anxiety, suicide.
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