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...On one level, the Renaissance makes itself felt in her palette: raw sienna, vivianite (a deep indigo-blue), dioxazine violet, iron-oxide red, caput mortuum (or cardinal purple), sap green....
...Violets. A delicate perfume. A caress, like the summer night....
...“I’m no shrinking violet, but they’re unpleasant things to experience in a small community,” he said, while recording me (in what turned out to be a reciprocal interview)....
...“France had not discovered the ‘Nymphéas’,” Kelly noted....
...Jo Hansford’s Platinum Collection of sulphate and paraben-free shampoo (£16) and conditioner (£18) also has a violet tinge to counteract brassy tones....
...In the closing ad of a re-election campaign in which he has raised $20m, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel — no shrinking violet — touts the achievements of his first term. “Chicago is a great city,” he says....
...But their rural idyll starts to crumble when Violet admits having been physically “enhanced” as a child....
...“Kelly Reilly, the English actress, I think is the most beautiful woman in the world. Matthew Goode – he’d have to gain some weight.” And to direct?...
...“It’s not for a shrinking violet. It’s quite a strong statement. But you don’t have to go for the full-colour crazy pattern clash – you can always go with an evening black brocade trouser.”...
...The award-winning interior designer Kelly Hoppen agrees: “It’s all about nurturing and comfort....
...The more voluptuary Matisse lolled in fields of lapis, gold, violet and fiery orange, conceiving forms as decorative patterns on a flat surface....
...O’Kelly explains: “It’s often the hoodies with the guns and knives that get the most help....
...The rest are mutiple-panel canvases, each element painted but a single colour – as it might be blue above black above violet-red, or white above black above red – or with one identical panel set before another...
...Cinderella’s consumerist stepmother slavers to make over her new home in base colours of queasy pink and alarming violet....
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