The Art Deco Colour Report: Britain’s Shade Preferences
Furniture in Fashion reports that art deco in British homes has become a colour language before a furniture style, and that the palette has softened notably on its way into UK interiors. Our analysis finds the jewel tones intact, emerald, deep teal, navy, burgundy and ochre, while the lacquered black grounds of the original period have receded to line and edge detail and chrome has largely given way to warm brass. The reason is architectural rather than fashionable: British rooms lack the ceiling height, wall runs and symmetry the historical style assumed, so saturated colour concentrates on one or two upholstered pieces against warm neutral walls. The report explains why velvet is central to the palette, how veined marble supplies pattern without adding colour, why warm rather than cool lighting determines whether the scheme works, and how to build local symmetry in irregular UK rooms....
