Eggplant {or Aubergine} blends with many hues
Eggplant – or if you prefer the elegant French…Aubergine – is such a great color to use in your interiors. Those who are bold might use it on the walls in an entire room…or you can just assemble some rich eggplant hued accessories together for a beautiful winter (or all year round) look. Put together some eggplant with some other fruits and florals and you’ll have an easy and elegant centerpiece for holiday entertaining. Above, design from Amoroso Designs.
The first time I really noticed Eggplant as an interior color was in my childhood home. I wish I had a color photo of it, but it only exists in my memory. My mother painted our living room in a glorious eggplant. The fabrics in the room were barkcloth with a light gray background and pale yellow and purple lillies with greenery. I remember we always had a gold leafed mirror hanging over the sofa that was held with a gold rope and a gold tassle at the top. I loved that mirror – it was huge and it looked great up against the deep rich wall color. Right about this time of year my mom would let me do a Christmas scene on it – I remember using Glasswax {am I dating myself too much here??} and one time I did a flocked scene with some fake snow. OK – enough memory lane!
Just one last shot of this room. So, I think that the takeway here is that you shouldn’t be afraid to go bold in your rooms. As long as what you put up against the color pops -namely whites, creams, golds and pastels. Dark does not have to be dreary – it’s what you couple it with that brings the lightness into the room.
Where else would I use this color – a Master Bedroom, a Media Room, a Guest Bath or Bedroom…on the front door and on shutters. The list is endless.
For those of you who are a bit timid…
How to Use This Color in Your Home…Eggplant has varying tones and shades – I prefer it to be more like the vegetable eggplant, a reddish purple with some brown tint in it. But you will also find some purple or reddish purple variants of the color.
Some Great Accent Colors to Use with Eggplant: Gold, lime green, olive green, chartreuse, gray, white, cream, silver, pale orchid, lavendar, pastel blue, teal, pink, orange and red.
My Favorite Eggplant Paint Colors: Number 1 is Caponata in Benjamin Moore’s Affinity line; Donald Kaufman, DKC 66; Eggplant by Benjamin Moore; Eggplant bt Sherwin Williams.
Have you ever used eggplant for a wall color? Let me know!
Happy Painting!