Purple is a secondary colour created when fusing two primary colours – red and blue. It inhibits the attributes of both colours such as the energy of the red and the stability of the blue. Purple has been largely associated with queens, emperors and other royalty.

When choosing what colours to use in your interior, you have to not only take into account how well the colours will work with each other, the furniture and accessories, but also how the colours reflect your personality and how each colour will affect you and your mood.