Don't you have a powder room that color?

Wasn't this the same color a few years ago?

I wouldn't mind a flower that color, but it's not something I'd wear or put in my home.

It's called "Happy Periwinkle Blue". I'm not feeling happy.

I love it! i wore that color to my prom, my best friends mother made my gown.

Using one of my mother's expressions -- I'd look like death warmed over in that color.

And I can think of nothing in my home that would go with periwinkle blue.

I love that color. I had some lovely Laura Ashley dresses in that hue.

GREAT color for a prom dress!!!!

mtnrd...it's my laundry/mud room that's more of a heather...actually it matches the lavender from the lavender fields in the pic pretty well.

Our neighbors painted their house periwinkle....and I guess it was intentional as, when they redid the paint job, they painted it exactly the same color.

This was a big color in the eighties. I adored houses with periwinkle front doors.

I've always liked the color, it's a flattering one for me to wear. I don't think I'd go big with it in my house.

A long time ago I was visiting a friend and we over-indulged on wine. The next morning I was feeling really terrible. I went into her periwinkle powder room and saw my reflection and I looked surprisingly good. I did not look so great in the other rooms.

This color made the cut for some reason that has to do with market forces although I don't know how that works really. I any case it is probably prepped to show up on some inexpensive home accessories and the lids of plastic storage containers and people will buy them because they are there, and some people will even say they have liked it all along. And then sometimes a different more palatable version of the color will also come into play. Like a deeper or blacker version of this is.

@JustDoIt … similar, it was ”Serenity” in 2016.

Very Peri is what I’ve been going through the last fews years.

Anyway! I like it in this room (with perfect lighting, furniture, etc):

But in the wrong hands (mine) would be a purple fluorescent nightmare.

Too much for me. I have never understood rooms painted "go in the dark" colors, even if children's rooms - "flourescent nightmare" is a great way to put it.

A few years ago I helped my sister with a makeover of her house, and she had the the interior and exterior painted. The MBR is Behr Lavender Suede. It's a soft purple.

If this were embraced and people were saturation and darkness tolerant, it could make for a nice room, like many unusual colors. I would not even want the trim white in the room above, I would want it the same or slightly darker purple.

In general terms though why a color like this won't really work in a middle market way is that most people will not commit to a color like this on any durable good, and the "It's only paint" type of adventurer will paint walls somewhere this color and then load their light beige or gray upholstery back in and it will look horrendous.

My apologies, that isn’t the Pantone color above. The blog it showed up on mislabeled it and I should’ve double checked.

The color in that room is Farrow & Ball Pitch Blue:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCD6Z3knWn6/?utm_medium=copy_link

It's a popular car color here. :0)

I painted my powder room a deep periwinkle and it gets LOTS of compliments! I'm very happy with it. I'm in the process of switching out all my yellowish LEDs to more of a bright white - when I do I will re-take the photos at end of thread here. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2677703/how-dark-is-too-dark-powder

Edit - this photo might show the color a bit better. It's really 50% blue.

I had a Lexus that color many years ago - loved it. It's a good color (or softer version of it) for me near my face, works well with my skin tone whether I have a tan or not and complements my silver/white hair. But not something I could or would ever have in my house and for sure not on walls. I know there is some thought that people decorate with colors that look good on them but nothing could be further from the truth for me.

@Jilly I almost spit out my coffee - Very Peri is what I’ve been going through the last few years. Hahaha!

DLM, I was going to say the same thing. This is a great color for me to wear! But not in my house. I've seen some beautiful deep colors in other homes that look great, but our home is just too light and airy. The color is more in our accents.

I'd always heard that periwinkle and coral were the two colors that worked well for everyone...

More or less already out there, now it will just be easier to access.

I have been crushing on this dining room and have chickened out of painting mine this color for years!

Reminds me of my great aunt's bedroom when I was a kid - she loved what I thought was purple but alas, it's peri.

Actually, I love it. It really depends on the house though. A friend of mine used a similiar color, maybe a little muddier version, throughout her home along with beige, white, pale green and a tiny bit of dark green. She used this color on her walls in the family room, master bedroom and a bathroom. In other rooms it was more of an accent or secondary color. The color does look like it would be ”too much” but it looked fabulous. I actually thought of using it in my home but decided it would not really work in the house I owned at the time. It would probably work with the style and room sizes of my current house, but I am already headed down a different path and am happy in my direction.

I am some ink that looks like that, but it has a different name, Asa-Gao and is described as Morning Glory Blue. On paper, it looks like the Periwinkle.

The other color of ink that I use in my fountain pens is a peacock blue that is dark turquoise.

I can't wear that color nor would I decorate indoors with it, but it could look good on a front door.

Not a fan, in general, but this room is pretty (this old house):

But I like this better.

I love Roarah's and Sue's examples. I think it needs brown and white to tone it. down. And then --- surprise --- a dash of red!

The color is better looking when viewing on my cell.

This is an interesting use of periwinkle....