Seeing Red
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Not everyone is brave enough to use the colour red for interior decorating. Red is for the flamboyant and courageous. This king of all colours immediately draws attention to itself. It is one of the three primary colours, and its palette varies from warm orangey red to cool purple.
actions. Usually the colour red is perceived as the colour of struggle and danger even though, in many cultures, it is considered a colour of life and love.
The best complementary colour for the red is green. Red is capable of strong emotional influence; it may provoke both strongly negative and strongly positive re-
With the new technological methods, it is easy to recreate anything from Georgian decorative style, to faded Tuscany frescoes, to Gothic stain glass. The variety of the red
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In the ancient times, the red pigment was difficult to produce; it was extracted from insects, plant roots, or minerals. Therefore, items coloured red stayed the prerogative of the rich. Today, any tone of red can be produced with synthetic materials, and the colour has become readily available.
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hues in the warmer section of the colour wheel, the rust and terracotta tones, add a warm and happy mood while their opposites, purple and burgundy tones, create a solemn look and may even provoke a feeling of fear and trepidation. To soften this effect, it is sufficient to dilute the red paint with white. Pure red on large surfaces suppresses all the other colours in the room and has a negative emotional effect. Therefore, this colour should be used only for decorative accents, like posters, cushions, candles, etc. This approach gives the place a cheery feeling.
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