As our politics became more polarized, we soothed ourselves with calm interiors. Maybe now it’s time for some colour
But these desaturated spaces in many ways contrast with the times. Over the past decade of social media, our interiors have come to be seen as an expression of who we are. Not only is society more individualistic than it was 10 years ago, it’s more polarized.Indeed, says the British art historian James Fox, author of, there is no such thing as a neutral color: “Only what a given society agrees is neutral,” he says.
Still today, words such as “lurid” and “garish” have negative connotations. “Color is often represented as feminine, or Oriental, or primitive, or infantile, rather than grown-up and philosophical and serious … and it’s clearly indexed to issues of race, culture, class and gender,” says Batchelor. The UK, in particular, started increasingly to look to Scandi style after decades of chintzy prints, then Mediterranean jewel tones and terracottas. The scene was set for grey to take over from cream as a similarly livable colour, with a great diversity of shades but a sobriety more appropriate to the times.
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