Pantone, a global authority on colour, recently picked Radiant Orchid, a purple hue with pink and fuchsia undertones, as the 2014 colour of the year, replacing the 2013 colour, emerald.
In the upcoming year, the purply rose is expected to influence the world of fashion and interior design.
Each year a colour is selected by a secret committee that draws on global influences ranging from popular travel destinations to technology.
Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, says next year's colour is an invitation to innovation. Radiant Orchid “encourages expanded creativity and originality, which is increasingly valued in today's society,” she says.
So how can we inject this pinky-purple radiance into our own homes, without our interior looking too much like a child's bedroom? We took some notes from Australia's top colour experts.
Rikki Stubbs is one of Australia's leading colour designers. Stubbs' career in colour and interior design can be traced back to the 1980s. And today, she runs her own colour consultancy, Pure Colour. For Stubbs, colour is the starting point in interior design.