More Than Just A Splash

Growing up, most of us had a favourite colour and we wanted it on our clothes, toys, and birthday cakes. We may have even tried to get our walls to be that shade — with varying levels of success in convincing our parents to paint a room entirely in hot pink or blood red.

- Mahima Nagaraju

Growing up, most of us had a favourite colour and we wanted it on our clothes, toys, and birthday cakes. We may have even tried to get our walls to be that shade — with varying levels of success in convincing our parents to paint a room entirely in hot pink or blood red. This whimsical wish of dipping our rooms in one colour is not just a childish fantasy anymore but an interiors trend called 'colour drenching' that homeowners and interior designers are incorporating with elegance.

"There have been more requests for this in the last six to eight months than ever before. Most of the time, requests for an entire room in one colour (typically a dark blue or gray) used to come from young boys in their teens or from girls who wanted their room in different shades of pink," says Madhu Sarangi, the co-founder of Ishaan Kone Architects and Interior Designers.

While this technique has been popular in commercial places since the pandemic, using it in residential projects is relatively new, shares Akshita Mehra, the creative director and founder of Studio Goya. "Making a whole room in blues or greens is a tough call because it's experimental. People are open to it now because they are moving away from the more minimalist, Japandi-style aesthetics and are open to doing something bold," she says.