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Old Violet

Like deep Parma violets or blue lavender it is a wonderful 18th century colour used for colouring the inside of furniture- like the lining of a jacket – or for using with as the base with Paris Grey on top and distressed ‘ It is of course wonderful used as just on its own as here on this old desk. I have painted the interior red with Emperor’s Silk but it could have been painted with Duck Egg Blue for a more toned land cooler effect.

ADD OLD WHITE-to make ‘Schinkel’
Add 2 parts of Old White to 1 part of Old Violet and you get a greyed taupe I have called after a great 18th century German architect called SCHINKEL. (On Left)

An old desk from an Oxford college has been painted using Old Violet mixed in places with a little Burgundian Red a colour no longer in our range but may be returning. Some Emperors Silk or Primer Red could be used instead, as the point is to just make the surface less flat looking. The edges of the drawers are Old White and the interior is painted in Emperor’s Silk.
This photograph by Christopher Drake is from ‘Creating the French Look’