traditional specialist decoration

specialist decoration broken colour scumbling

A considered colour series used in the paint effect to the wall compliments interior soft furnishings and art. Broken colour scumbling paint effects provide a strong sense of colour without the uniformity and heaviness of matt emulsions. That a powerful chroma can be introduced without yielding a sense of density is due to the refraction of light within the paint surface as opposed to refraction at the surface. A strongly coloured yet diaphanous effect can thereby be achieved. Broken colour scumbling work is an ideal decorative treatment for both the historic interior and the period interior. The use of the techniques in various forms has been employed in interior decoration for many centuries, and an authentic feel can be engendered by the use of these paint effects. The technique illustrated is achieved using the broken colour rag-rolling or ragging paint effect. ( Back to Decorative Paint Effects )