Purple Color Scheme

Purple and Violet colours of femininity, strength and power.

Purple induces sleep and relaxation, lowers body temperature and decreases sensitivity to pain. It symbolizes dignity, royalty and ritual. Its best use is in areas of rest, relaxation and meditation like a spa, yoga studio or bedroom.

Violet can sooth serious mental conditions, over-excitement and over-stimulation restoring peace and calm and inducing deep relaxed sleep. Violet symbolizes humility, creativity, imagination and spiritual enlightenment.  This color is best in areas of quiet thoughtful activity like a craft studio or reading space.

Purple Color Scheme

Purple Color Scheme

In this arrangement of Purple and Violet:

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Maya Lin Architect and Sculptor

Both artist and Architect Chinese-American Maya Lin is fluidly in line with the beauty and serenity of her surroundings.  When only 21 and still studying architecture at Yale University she entered a competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial against some of the largest and best known Architects of the time and won.  Her concept was to create a severe open wound in the earth to symbolize the loss of so many soldiers.  Despite the controversy of her being of Chinese heritage the memorial was built and stands as on of the strongest war memorials in the US today.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Maya Lin

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Maya Lin Civil Rights Memorial

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