A deep, bright, vibrant blue that's dark, but not too dark. That is real rich and almost seems to glow with a vibrant hue. That's how we describe majorelle blue, anyway, as well as a few neighboring hues that we think are the perfect addition to your outdoor and indoor spaces this year.
Julie Blakeslee of Austin's Big Red Sun really called it in our post last week about Outdoor Trend Predictions for 2012 when she said majorelle blue was going to be a hot color for homes this year. We couldn't agree more! We found some fun-colored accessories to add indoors and out, in majorelle blue (with a little cobalt blue mixed in, too):
TOP ROW:
1) A great rock we found at Big Red Sun! $21
2) Areaware Cargo Containers $24
3) Starfish Punchneedle Embroidery Hoop Art $24
4) Vintage Cobalt Blue Bottle Jars set of 3 $36
5) Seaport Blue Ribbed Toss Pillow with Buttons $13
BOTTOM ROW:
6) Drinking Glasses Cobalt Blue Set of 4 $15
7) Blue Depression Glass Votive Holders $16
8) Antique American Mixing Bowl $65
9) Circle Wool Felt Trivet $15
10) Quill Cocktail Napkins $30
(Images: Top, Adrienne Breaux. Others as credited above)
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I had never heard of this color (at least not by this name) so did a quick look-up. Here's what Wikipedia had to say:
In 1924 the French artist Jacques Majorelle constructed his largest art work, the Majorelle Garden in Marrakech, Morocco, and painted the garden walls, fountains, features and villa this very intense shade of blue, for which he trademarked the name Majorelle Blue. He had noticed the colour in Moroccan tiles, in Berber burnouses, and around the windows of buildings such as kasbahs and native adobe homes.
(Since Majorelle is the name of the artist who trademarked this color, the word should be capitalized.)
It bothers me that someone could observe a color all around him, a color that has been used historically in an area and, then, trademark the color. How narcissistic is that? It would be like me trademarking the bright yellow of forsythias and "Dulcibella Yella".
Just wrong.
I love the color, but I'm going to call it Moroccan blue.
@DULCIBELLA
If the naming was as arbitrary as Wikipedia makes it sound, then yes, it is a little annoying and silly. But as long as he took some part in developing the chemical composition of the specific pigment he used in Majorelle Gardens, I don't mind him claiming the hue's name.
For example, artist Yves Klein named a shade International Klein Blue, but only after he worked with chemists to develop the specific color he hoped to use in his artwork. His goal was to make a paintable pigment with the same intensity as dry pigment. When you see is work in person, the color is kind of blinding.
Funnily, the two hues are actually quite similar.
@Akay
That's a really good point and I didn't think of the scenario you describe. Certainly, that does make it more reasonable. I can understand asserting ownership of the process used to create a certain color, assuming the process was complex and used newly developed methods & materials, as opposed to hijacking some traditional methods.
In that case, the trademarked name would only apply when the trademarked process is used. So that if you buy something called Klein Blue or Majorelle Blue you know that it has been made with that process and isn't just a similar deep cobalt blue made another way.
I must admit, though, as irrational as it may be, that I do feel a little squeamish about trademarking colors - it's like trademarking the stars or sunshine or sandy beaches or any of the myriad daily wonders that occur naturally.
I'd be happier, I guess, if they were called Klein Process Blue or Majorelle Process Blue.