At least on this page we admit honestly, when choosing interior items, we first filter our preferences by color. This is an unconscious visual choice. Nature created our eyes in such a way that first we notice a spot of color, only then assessing the shape. The brain makes its assessment in just a few milliseconds. Consciousness is responsible for the practical use of the item, size, purchase price, and the subconscious mind sets out the conditions for peace of mind. This is how a purple sofa appears in the interior. And that's why.
Features of purple color in psychology
Violet has long been considered the most controversial color, for which it has received the status of mystical. The peculiarity of color lies in the physical parameters of this spectrum, since it is formed by merging red and blue.
Purple color is a mixture of red and blue.
Red is considered a warm color, and blue is considered a cold color, hence the contrast in the main characteristics and sensations is created. The influence of the cold spectrum on color was stronger, since violet is also considered a cool color.
The purple color turns out to be so contradictory and interesting at the same time.
Depending on the shade, this color can affect a person's psychology in different ways. For example, delicate lilac gives a feeling of joy, increases vitality and immunity. A deep violet tone can evoke thoughtfulness, a craving for new information, and creates a feeling of mental connection with the cosmos.
Beautiful purple sofa in apartment interior design.
The color's commitment to mysticism and witchcraft also adds a special charm to it. In living nature, color is not often found in its pure form, although it is part of the natural spectrum of the rainbow. The rich, rich tone is powerful and can penetrate deeply into a person's memory. He is also credited with the ability to influence creative development and creation.
Apartment design with a purple sofa.
Possibilities of color unions
Almost all colors can be combined with purple, but there are several classic combinations that are most often used in interior design:
- Purple and white. This combination is distinguished by severity and solemnity, which is perhaps why it is so often found in the design of wedding banquets. In the interior, this successful combination is most often found in the minimalist style, when it is necessary to correctly place accents.
- Purple and black. An equally strict combination, but at the same time very emotional. Inside, such a tandem looks mysterious and sublime.
- Purple and beige. This combination is the most classic and is often found in the interior. Beige, in contrast to white, softens severity and makes the room cozy and homely, and purple stains in the form of upholstered furniture, for example, do not allow the eye to get bored in the created tenderness.
- Purple and green. This combination is suitable for more daring natures, but its natural originality does not irritate the eye, but, on the contrary, makes the interior complete and laconic. A green living room with a purple sofa will become a corner of calm and contemplation.
- Purple and yellow. This combination also occurs naturally, so it is not irritating. However, wearing such a union in the salon is extremely bold and carries its own difficulties. When decorating the main room in such a complex color, you need to make sure that the rest of the apartment supports such a bold design.
- Purple and orange. This bright and bold combination of shades will win the hearts of the most creative people. The fire of orange and the cold of violet collide with each other, giving birth to an unprecedented and very attractive combination. Having decorated your living room in these shades, you will forever forget about tranquility, but you are guaranteed to have fun and have fun at noisy parties.
- Purple and red. These two colors are the least compatible, and therefore such a tandem is practically never found in interior design. However, if you choose shades of purple that are close to red and pink, you can get an interesting effect and a cozy atmosphere.
Because of its variability from warm home hues to cool summer night colors, purple pairs seamlessly with almost all other colors, making it one of the most popular shades for home decor.
What colors go with purple
Violet also includes shades diluted with dark or light pigment. You can create many halftones using these shades, but the main distinctive shades include:
- Purple;
- Deep purple;
- Lilac;
- Lilac.
Given such diversity - from warm to rich cool shades - purple is perceived differently in the interior.
By combining these tones with others, you can achieve the most pleasant unions in terms of harmony and balance.
- Purple and red: a bright combination that can both decorate and ruin the overall impression. When selecting shades, be sure to use diluted shades of one of the colors. When combining warm and cool primary colors in a small room, the result can be a feeling of constriction and a smaller space.
A red accent is appropriate in a purple room. - Purple and yellow: a combination suitable for adventurers and people who love adventure. A good combination when using yellow in a diluted light tone as an additional one. Yellowness will emphasize the depth of lilac, and the deep cold color will be diluted with the sunny lightness of yellow.
A purple sofa in the interior can look very fresh and organic. - Purple and green: considered the most successful combination in design. Warm green, just like yellow, emphasizes the depth of cold purple, but more calmly. Cool green combined with purple is great for creating a retro style.
Green decoration always refreshes the room. - Purple and blue: the cold depth of two colors will highlight and make objects more voluminous, and the room itself calm and measured. When using a combination in an interior, you need to carefully consider the lighting and geographic location of the room to improve the effect. Blue color looks harmonious in combination with purple.
- Violet and the shade of its line: when combining shades from the same spectrum, you can achieve a complex effect of multifaceted space; in addition, the shades saturate each other and reveal the depth of shades through comparison.
A monochrome room can be original.
Important! When combining two bright shades, you should not choose pure tones of both. One of the colors should be a tone lighter or darker than its main color.
Monochrome design
Design rules allow the combination of all shades of the same color with each other in the interior, so the combinations are quite acceptable:
- lilac and ink;
- purple and light lilac;
- blackberry with lilac.
You can choose a sofa with a textured fabric, but the main thing is that it has a simple shape; elegant and elaborate sofas look ridiculous in such an interior.
Bright room with a purple sofa in the interior
Beautiful room design with purple sofa
Complementing the interior with purple color
When using color in the interior, you need to choose one of 3 implementation solutions:
- Using lilac shades as the only ones in the room. This task is the most difficult, since combining shades and not overdoing it is the task of a real professional. In addition, it can be difficult to stay in such a room for a long time.
- Purple is used as the predominant primary color. Painting walls, flooring, ceilings, even curtains are decorated in this range, other small items are used in calm or contrasting colors.
- Purple is used only to highlight certain areas and create accents. The most common option, you can design it yourself according to your taste.
More often, purple is inherent in decorative elements and is used as a contrast.
Interior styles in which this range can be used most advantageously:
- Modern style is a broad concept for decorating an apartment in a free style. In this style, there is a frequent combination of purple with yellow and purple with green without applying patterns or ornaments;
- Classic style - purple accent, usually used for flooring (carpet) and heavy curtains; also for upholstery of classic furniture, the color is used in its pure form or is present in patterns;
- Oriental style - purple predominates in ornate designs and paintings. Can be used as a predominant feature on coverings and walls with gold or purple patterns;
- Art Deco is a style of contradictory combination, which, like no other, suits the character of violet. The combination of strict cubism and expensive decorations and uneven lines is well emphasized by deep color.
Mechanisms
The sofa transformation mechanism is also very important. There are actually two options: when the sofa folds into two halves or when one half slides out and you can put the sofa back into the empty space. The first option is called the “Eurobook” model or simply “book”.
Such a sofa has a support, and in relation to it, when open, the weight of the two halves of the sofa is distributed evenly.
This is a practical and comfortable model, but sometimes folding such a sofa requires some effort. It is very important to choose high-quality models so that the mechanism is comfortable and not too tight.
The second option is retractable models with small wheels. It is much easier to lay out such a sofa, but it is not suitable for all floor coverings; for example, the wheels can severely scratch the parquet.
In addition, there is a risk that if you move it carelessly, the sofa will begin to slide out on its own, so the quality of a particular model is also very important.
Ideas for using a purple sofa
A purple sofa will be an excellent accent for updating your interior style. To make a purple sofa a good addition to your interior, you need to think about how to combine it with other interior items or parts of the room.
Much depends on the design of the walls.
If the sofa is installed in a room with a contrasting shade of the walls, for example, apple or lemon. The combination is bright in itself; there is no need to add other shades to such an interior, with the exception of neutral white and black. In this case, other items, such as pillows, ottoman, flowerpots, carpet or laminate should be as neutral as possible.
The color of the wallpaper should be chosen carefully.
Purple sofas with a neutral shade of wall covering (white, beige, gray) need to be combined with another piece of furniture in this range, preferably the same tone. For example, in this case, a purple ottoman or armchair will go well with a sofa, as well as a purple rug or paintings on the walls opposite the piece of furniture.
Ottomans look interesting next to the sofa.
If you place such a sofa in a room in which only shades of this range prevail, then the sofa should be several tones darker than the rest of the items in order to become a bright spot. In this case, you can use all shades of the gamut from light to dark, avoiding the brightest combinations with red and pink, such as fuchsia and bright purple.
The ceiling can be made the lightest shade of lilac, and the parquet can be chosen from deep mahogany.
Important! When choosing a purple sofa, you should be guided by the policy of combining it with something, and not use it as the only accent in the room.
Minimalism
Having analyzed the ideas of sofa design, most designers have already noticed that the creativity of such a popular style as minimalism today is best emphasized by the simplicity of the shape of any purple sofa.
For example, by placing it against the background of a completely white wall, you can get an interesting and sophisticated combination without any problems, without requiring additional effort.
What colors are best to combine with a purple sofa?
- Lilac refers to light shades of lilac, the color of femininity, violets and dark lilac inflorescences. It goes elegantly with black, gray and white.
- Purple looks noble and luxurious when paired with blue to create an immersive indoor environment.
- Sexy, sensual and mysterious lilac and all its mysterious shades are in favorable associations with pink, white, blue, lemon, cornflower blue, silver, pale pink.
- Lilac-pink harmonizes with lavender, dark blue, silver, yellow and all shades of brown.
- Lilac and violet sound very beneficial in unison with the additional use of cherry wood color.
- Purple will suit any piece of gold-rimmed jewelry as long as it includes splashes of grey, purple and copper patina.
- An elegant and flawless combination of white and dark purple. These two colors contrast perfectly and complement each other, allowing you to play with new elegant facets.
- Based on the principle of color contrast, purple with bright, rich green forms an excellent combination with any shade of yellow, including the yellow-brown color wheel.
- Delightful combinations of beauty complete with turquoise and emerald green colors.
- A little muted, but overall red, burgundy and raspberry look bright and tasteful in a duet with purple berry shades (blackberry, blueberry, elderberry). This harmony of colors will add special piquancy and edibility to the kitchen interior.
- The purple color palette is pleasing to the eye, combined with neutral and warm gray-beige tones. When exposed to them, purple glows and creates a stylish and sophisticated combination. Gray color with a metallic effect is considered good taste.
Choosing a purple sofa for your home
The most common use of a purple sofa in the interior is in the living room, since this room is considered the brightest and is used for receiving guests. It is in such a room that a bright accent will look most harmonious.
If you decide to complement the interior with a purple sofa, you will need to think about the main background
When choosing a sofa, you must be guided by the features of the room, dimensions, style and functionality. A large assortment of sofas allows you to choose the most suitable option.
Sofa design
The appearance of this piece of furniture can become an important factor in interior design. His choice depends, first of all, on the overall style of the room.
By following the designers' recommendations, you can turn your home into cozy quarters.
What kind of sofa design can you find in the store:
- Classic - these are sofas with medium-sized armrests and backrests, with a collapsible or folding design (sofa-book, eurosofa, accordion, dolphin and others) the most common type, presented in a large assortment in stores;
- Chesterfield is an old classic style of sofas in which the armrests flow into the backrest and are kept at the same height. The armrests are decorated with rich, powerful scrollwork;
- A chaise longue is also an antique type of furniture with an asymmetrical back and one curved armrest. The padding is not bulky, the seat width is narrower than on other types of sofas.
Correct upholstery
The desired shade of the sofa can be found in the store, but if the color does not match the request, you can choose the fabric you like and order the sofa to be reupholstered. In this case, you will receive exactly the piece of furniture that will complement the room in the best way.
Bright accents in the interior are purple upholstered furniture and a floor rug.
To decide on the upholstery fabric, you need to consider the main options in the context of advantages and disadvantages.
- Jacquard - this fabric is well suited for upholstering a sofa, it is not subject to abrasion due to the dense weaving of the threads, has a low price, is durable, and does not fade when exposed to light. The disadvantages include the high smoothness of the surface; if water gets in, stains may remain.
- Tapestry is a durable fabric designed specifically for upholstery of upholstered furniture. The advantages include high wear resistance, double-sided padding (there is no wrong side), due to the tight weaving, dust does not penetrate into the furniture. The last characteristic can also be a disadvantage, since if this upholstery is rarely cleaned, dust accumulates on the surface and the fabric loses its appearance, is expensive, and fades over time.
- Flock is a delicate fleecy material, with a wide variety of shades, also has a stately appearance, is inexpensive, and is waterproof. The disadvantages include a high degree of electrification, the fabric is prone to jamming.
- Chenille is a modern fleecy material that does not lose color, repels dust, but is not resistant to mechanical damage.
- Corduroy is a velvety, stable and rich material with its low cost and is completely natural. It is highly durable, but difficult to clean and can fade from sunlight.
- Eco-leather is the most durable type of covering, although it is not suitable for every sofa. It will be difficult to find in purple. This upholstery has the longest service life; it does not collect dust and is easy to clean. The disadvantages include susceptibility to deformation and high cost.
Purple can be found in different tones.
Important! Any furniture fabric will last longer if you follow strict care instructions.
How to decide on a shade?
The shade of purple, for example, in the living room is chosen based on the elements that are present in the interior.
Soft purple furniture will add the mysterious charm of luxury to the atmosphere.
Dark shades of furniture will suit a room with light walls and ceiling. A dark accent will highlight the area where the piece of furniture is installed. With the help of light tones of purple, you can create a gentle style in the bedroom and children's room; they go well with neutral colors and bright contrasts from another spectrum.
Purple will create an extraordinary design for an apartment or house.
When choosing a shade, it is necessary to compare the combination visually so that the final result becomes exactly as it was intended.
Which form should I choose?
The shape of a sofa depends on its functional needs, depending on the room and how the piece of furniture will be used, there are three main forms:
- Classic rectangular look with sharp or rounded edges, can be with or without legs. This item will look good in a rectangular room. Creates a feeling of stepped space.
- Round or oval in appearance - such sofas are used in living rooms and kitchens; the seats are not wide, which allows it to be used in any room as an additional item, rather than the main one. There are also large round sofas designed for sleeping. This look will look good in a square room, emphasizing its space and softening sharp corners.
- Corner sofas (dolphin or puma) - this multifunctional piece of furniture can become both a place for receiving guests and a comfortable relaxation area. Installed in the corner of the room. Best suited for narrow, elongated rooms.
Large corner sofa in the interior.
What do psychologists think?
Bright accents in the interior - purple upholstered furniture and floor mat
Purple is considered a cool shade. Psychologists are of the opinion that this shade has a calming effect. Able to immerse himself in slow and attentive contemplation. Some consider this color to be mystical. The shade easily dissolves the boredom of everyday life and allows you to be transported to a fairy-tale world. Ideal for a relaxation area.
Harmony and comfort in the living room with a purple sofa and burgundy elements
Delicate lilac-lilac living room with unusual lighting of shelves and ceiling
Purple sofa in different rooms
When choosing, you need to pay attention to the room where it will be installed.
- The living room is an ideal place for this item in a strict purple color scheme; it will become a bright spot and a stylish addition to the room;
- Bedroom – only furniture in a delicate shade is suitable here, as the bedroom should be relaxing and soothing;
- Children's room - using a purple sofa in a children's room is not recommended due to the heavy and contrasting color psychology. The child may withdraw into himself, and the atmosphere of the room may take him out of the learning environment.
- Kitchen - in combination with the facade of the kitchen area, a small sofa in bright shades of purple will be an excellent decoration for the kitchen and will lift the spirits of the whole family.
- The office is another place that is not suitable for a purple sofa. The color purple is not at all conducive to a serious working atmosphere and a collected brain.
Mostly sofas are installed in living rooms.
The main mistakes when choosing a purple sofa
When choosing a purple sofa, you need to remember the main features of the color and the piece of furniture.
A sofa in a similar palette is perfect for implementing a boudoir style in a room.
To avoid basic mistakes, be sure to pay attention to the following points:
- If the purple sofa is intended for sleeping, do not choose sliding fabric, it will not be comfortable to sleep on;
- When decorating a public place, such as a cafe or beauty salon, you should not choose too deep shades of this range for furniture, since not all people perceive them comfortably;
- Do not choose bulky, brightly colored furniture for small rooms; it can absorb the entire space and make the room visually smaller;
- It is necessary to choose purple fabric for upholstery taking into account the care and other characteristics for long-term use.
A purple sofa can perfectly dilute the gloomy or pale atmosphere of the house and bring new emotions to life. It is necessary to choose this mystical color for your home if all family members are interested in it and it attracts the eye. In this case, harmony in your apartment is guaranteed.
Best combinations
Purple has 196 shades. This is a champion in palette diversity. Most often, the names of the tones have a floral-vegetal trace. Victorious orchid, lavender grass, lupine and the like.
Mother Earth took care of diversity. Ordinary people use modern landmarks for designation. Today Viber or 500 euro bills are more familiar than thistle inflorescences.
Experts adhere to the Itten circle, which shows the relationship between the main set of 12 colors. Thanks to him, classic combinations in interior design were established:
Combination with white
A classic combination for living rooms: white wallpaper, light parquet, glossy ceiling, blackberry sofa in the center, and a couple of armchairs from the same range. Evokes associations with an expensive confectionery dessert. Berries with whipped cream, for example. Receiving guests in a room with violet-colored upholstered furniture and snow-white walls will reveal the owner's character as an aristocratic esthete.
In such a room you can make solemn speeches and not look like a bore.
Add the aroma of real lavender and a little lilac to the room during the celebration. Invited guests will feel more comfortable if their visual sense matches their sense of smell.
The plum-upholstered daybed on white legs looks effortless. Such trinkets are good for decorating bedrooms and large corridors. Especially if the wallpaper there is part of the purple group.
Combination with brown
A darkened wall background is great for a soft seat with grape undertones and those close to it. It is interesting that in different design solutions the purple/brown pair can play the main role in the retro style of an apartment or house, or can be part of fashion trends. It all depends on the texture of the wall.
For example, a vintage effect is easy to achieve with plush vinyl, and brickwork, which modern decorators adore, successfully “steals” the coldness of the lilac spot, distracting a person’s attention. This relieves the brain, forces you to slow down a little, relax, corresponding to the motto of the current generation, exhausted by the exhausting information flow.
Looks like light brown cabinet furniture is arriving. It gives the room warmth, raises the color temperature of the space, gives comfort, and spreads a feeling of security.
Combination with green shades
By placing a sofa with amaranth upholstery in a room of cool shades of green, you form a complex conglomerate of undertones. Together they create a sense of passing time and great possibilities. For dramatic-minded, creative individuals, such an interior is convenient for inventing fantasy worlds.
The dark emerald background, the details of the room made of dull grass, are as strong in perception as the cool violet paint, so they appear on equal terms in the atmosphere. The connection looks very promotional. Large companies have long adopted it.
Fresh, light, warm tones of green, on the contrary, compete for attention. In this case, the sofa corner against a uniform background simply attracts you, invites you to sit down, lie down, and do nothing. Resistance is almost impossible.
To balance the contrast of light green and indigo, it is necessary to use a lot of lighting, natural and electric.
Combination with yellow
An extremely strong combination that makes a lasting impression at first glance. The second one too. It's impossible to get used to this. In order to remove the inevitable psychological stress, it is necessary to select small supporting parts of the same color for the amethyst sofa: paintings, prints, wallpaper patterns, figurines, boxes.
They should be dispersed throughout the room as much as possible.
It will be easier to make friends with two strong colors if you put yellow pillows on the sofa and install a sconce with diffused light above it.
The striking opposition itself comes to naught when the main tone of the room is pale yellow and the sofa is a transparent iris shade. The affectionate combination of tenderness looks favorable even in the bedroom, lulling you to sleep and charging you with a spark of vigor in the morning. Especially recommended for the sunless side.
Combination with gray
Usually chosen by representatives of the stronger sex. In the male eye, such a combination is very thorough; strict gray will eliminate the demonstration of vulnerability. Especially if the sofa is leather. In order not to provoke a conflict of color interests, follow simple rules:
You can prevent gloom by decorating the window with airy curtains in powdery shades with a sparkling tint.
