Name: Dark Burgundy 2075-10
Brand: Benjamin Moore
This is the cutest small hallway I’ve ever painted. In fact, it’s so small I couldn’t even get inside to photograph it. Just as the name says, the color is burgundy, but I think with just the suggestion of raisin to make it more interesting...
I like dark colors like this in small transitional spaces, and though you can’t see them in this picture there are four white doors and a white ceiling to break up the dark mass and keep the color from being overwhelming. An off-white bedroom lies beyond this hallway, and also a bathroom with grey wallpaper.
This hallway is like a lemon custard intermezzo—something rich and delightful between more substantial courses.
- Mark Chamberlain, interior and decorative painter
© 2009 Apartment Therapy
Beautiful color and the perfect backdrop for the art.
That looks so gorgeous with the thick white moulding. It reminds me of Carnegie Hall the Red Room in City Hall, which both look so dignified for the rich red and creamy white paint.
Hello AT:
I have a small center room in Benjamin Moore's Segovia Red with a long(ish) white hallway and three rooms off it: the bedroom/living room, the bathroom and the kitchen.
I use the center red room as a dining room/entry way. The ceiling and doors are white. The floor is hard wood (warm yellowish red color of wood) and extends into the bedroom/living room.
Can anyone help me with wall colors for the other three rooms? A particular shade of white that will have some life to it? If I go with a strong color, I think it will break up the continuity of the small apartment and won't allow for the white in the hallway, but that may just be fear talking ... Another earth color? Different shades of yellow?
I've read Maxwell's book and want to stay with warm tones.
I've been thinking about this for days so the color therapy post today is timely.
Leslie
love that color and that pre-war molding.
Does anyone have any recommendations as to what shade of Benjamin Moore white works best with that burgundy?
My living room used to be painted that color. (I had to move out of state.) But I absolutely LOVE it. It is such a great color and so swank!
Leslie, one way to generate colors is to find an Aubusson rug that includes your red and is filled with other colors that "speak" to you. You don't have to buy the rug (Aubussons are great for blended red schemes but a bit fussy for many people to live with) -- just match the colors with paint chips. You'd probably end up with a creamy white, a golden yellow, a lighter shade of red, and a more purply color, all toned to your red.
Or you could skip the rug-viewing stage and pull a bunch of paint chips that cover those colors.
Thanks, Wende! I like the rug idea ...
Leslie