Of course, the color palette is not limited to the familyshades of a rainbow. Between them there are hundreds and tones and nuances. Modern designers assure that the "wenge" color is now fashionable. This is what? - you are perplexed. In photographs of furniture or other details of the interior, you can see coffee, then chocolate, then golden brown, or even purple-eggplant in general. Let's try to clarify this issue. What color is worthy to be called "wenge", with what it is combined, and how to decorate their home.
"Coffee with milk" for all ordinary people is,first of all, a drink. And only for designers and textile workers this is color. The same thing happened with the Wenge. It's just a tree. It grows in equatorial Africa, has about forty species. From the variety of varieties, as well as the age of the wood, the color of the wenge depends. This is any coffee (from "mocha" to almost black), chocolate, brown, as well as purple, eggplant shades. Yes, the palette is the widest. But not all of the above colors can be called wenge. It's all about the structure of the wood.
Young plant on the cut is golden brown.With age it darkens, becomes almost black, like ebony, but still, not to the anthracite hue. The wood has a coarse structure, coarse-fiber. Since it contains a large number of oils, it is poorly polished. The furniture makers mainly use the wax method for wenge wood. It's a little gloss over wonderful black veins. By the way, they are the distinguishing feature. If you are asked: "The color of a wenge is what?", Boldly answer: "Brown with black veins."
With the processing of wood wenge must work hard,but the result exceeds expectations. Straight fibers and resistance to fungi and parasites make it possible to make excellent furniture from it. But, when dry, it can be prone to cracking. At the same time, it is a "strong" tree capable of withstanding loads. Therefore, wood is used for the construction of stairs, ceiling beams, panels. For which particular room is the Wenge color? This is some chic, but at the same time a strict interior. Living room, dining room, study. Can be applied to the decoration of adult bedrooms. But for children it obviously will not do. In itself, this tree is "mature", "balanced", "calm". Therefore, it is not necessary to decorate the entire room in the "wenge" - it will turn out to be too gloomy and (in dark rooms) even dull. Combine this exotic wood with light ash, maple or olive.
In short, you need to start from yourpreferences. Most often this tree is used in modern interiors, where all the decoration is built on the contrast of light and dark. If you have Wenge furniture, make sure that the walls or parquet are light. Come from the tone of the wood. If it is golden-brown and beige tones will approach, if it is black coffee colors - white and silver. In any case, the wenge is perfectly combined with turquoise and blue, and also with pink tones. Selecting accessories, pay attention to the color-type of wood. Is it warm or cold? If the furniture is claret, chocolate, brown (different shades), then it is not difficult to decide which color is suitable for the wenge: it is orange, bright yellow, pistachio, red or green. But if you have a tree or purple with a greenish tinge, it will look good with gray, purple, crimson and blue.
