When I was in art college (gods, was it really 40 yrs ago?) [...]
We were told that with interior decorating one must *never, ever*, use purple. Purple was considered a colour that encouraged depression and suicide. Interesting eh?
I never went to art school, never "did" much art, except for the compulsory once-a-week drawing class in primary and high school, but I *do* find most shades of purple depressing and avoid it like a plague. I do have some purples in my thread stash, but that's because much of my lacework is for gifts, and so many people seem to favour and request it.
It doesn't make me *suicidal*(only Gregorian chants have that power <g>), but it sure saps all my will to continue living :) My Mother once made a purple dress for me (in the days when fabric was hard to find, so you bought what happened to be available) and I could never stop shivering whenever I wore it; I was always *cold* in it (despite its bright-gold buttons), my face would acquire the same (dead) purple hue... I experimented, one more time, some 30 yrs later, with lilac -- a lovely a piece of silk my stepson's wife gave me. I spent much more time making that dress than wearing it -- once was all I wore it, and I felt ill throughout the party.
I never could quite understand the aversion, since it's not a truly "cold" colour (I don't, particularly, like cold colours, with the exception of a few shades), but I'm pragmatic enough to accept what *is*, whatever the reason...
T, expecting a lot of flak once the fan pattern is published in the next IOLI Bulletin; I used 4 shades of green, and called 2 of them "warm"... :)
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Tamara P Duvall
Lexington, Virginia, USA
Formerly of Warsaw, Poland
http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/
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