Everything in VIOLET · Guide
Purple Done Properly: 6 Violet Objects Worth Owning
Purple has a taste problem, and it isn't the color's fault. The shade turns up mostly on children's products and novelty gifts, so decent violet objects are genuinely hard to find.
The ones that work tend to be deep rather than bright: plum, boysenberry, aubergine. Here are six that sit on the right side of that line.
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Panton Chair (Plum) · Vitra
Verner Panton's cantilever chair in plum. The first single-form injection-molded chair ever made, and the color stops it looking like a museum piece.
$320 — Buy on Amazon →PH 2/1 Table Lamp · Louis Poulsen
Louis Poulsen's PH 2/1 in opal glass is $520 and the most serious object in this guide. The layered shade means you never see the bulb from any angle.
$520 — Buy on Amazon →
Artisan Stand Mixer · KitchenAid
Boysenberry is the deepest finish KitchenAid makes. It looks expensive against brass hardware and slightly off against chrome, so check your kitchen first.
$449 — Buy on Amazon →
Knotted Cushion · Uvvyui
A dusty purple knot cushion at around $26. The knit texture stops the color reading as flat, which is what usually goes wrong with purple textiles.
$26 — Buy on Amazon →
Hydroponic Glass Vase · VanEnjoy
Stacked glass in a soft pink-violet, roughly $13. Cheap enough to buy two and see how they look together.
$13 — Buy on Amazon →Marshall Major V · Marshall
Marshall's Major V in violet is the one object here you'll take out of the house, which makes the color a slightly bigger commitment.
$130 — Buy on Amazon →If you're testing violet for the first time, the cushion and the vase together cost under $40 and tell you everything.
Browse the rest of the violet collection when you're ready to go further.
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