For centuries, the color purple has been associated with greatness: immense power, big personalities, and artistic genius. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar draped their palaces and their bodies with it…  

— one sprang awake, a new part of the soul woke up suddenly, and the old world gave way to a new.” ― D.H. Lawrence. That’s exactly how I felt yesterday in Santa Fe, New Mexico… It was a bright, […]

The Pantone color of the new year is “Greenery” #15–0343, a fresh spring apple-green. Though it looks very fresh, new, and modern, Rococo and Adam period architects preferred this distinctive hue for palace drawing rooms, dining rooms, and royal bedchambers. […]