Art for purple and plum walls
Plum and mauve are rich, moody colours that already do a lot. The art works best when it adds warmth or light rather than more purple.
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Colours that sit well on purple and plum walls
Ochre
Blush
Sage
Cream
Brass
Gold and brass warm a plum wall and pick up lamps and handles; black lets the art float on the darker shades. Natural wood is softer on mauve.
Warmth and light, not more purple
On plum and aubergine, art with a warm or pale ground stands out: ochre, cream, blush, the gold of dried grasses. Purple art on a purple wall tends to sink. Mauve is lighter and softer, so it suits gentle tonal pieces in blush, clay and muted green.
Frames
Gold and brass are the classic partners for plum. A black frame almost disappears on the darkest shades, so the art seems to float. On mauve, natural wood keeps things calm.
A real example
We measured the wall from the photo, then made eight pieces from the room's colours. These are the ones the curator chose, with its reason under each.
Moody estuary under heavy cloud
Painterly Landscape, soft pastel style
Moody and calm like your plum wall
Two horizontal bands meeting along a soft blurred line
Colour Field, thin paint on raw linen style
Pale light against your deep plum plaster
Three softly curved vertical stripes
Warm Abstract, gouache style
Borrows the plum tones from your wall
Person in a wide-brimmed hat looking out to sea
Figures, cut-paper collage style
Burnt orange answers your exposed brick
White cliff over a calm sea
Painterly Landscape, woodblock style
Echoes the plum bedding and tan throw
One glowing rectangle floating in a deeper field
Colour Field, monotype style
Blush glow echoes your pillows
Tall rounded column beside a circle
Warm Abstract, gouache style
Calm shapes in your room's colours
Tennis players on a summer court
Figures, cut-paper collage style
A warm, human note for the room
Styles that tend to suit
Warm Abstract
Shapes that settle a room
Kitchen & Table
Simple and solid
Botanical & Floral
Something growing
Colour Field
Somewhere for the eye to rest
Questions
What colour art goes with a plum wall?
Warm and light colours, such as ochre, cream, blush and gold, so the art reads clearly against the wall.
What frame suits a purple wall?
Gold or brass for warmth, black to let the art float on the darkest shades, natural wood on mauve.
Other wall colours
See it on your wall
Your wall is not exactly any of these. Send a photo and we measure its real colour, then make four pieces for it.