July Color Inspiration: Dragon Fruit, an intense pink for the home

My latest obsession is the color dragon fruit. I bought a couple of dragon fruit at the grocery store this week for a tropical fruit salad. The exterior is lovely in bright pink with green tipped fleshy scales, the inside can be white flesh with black seeds to this electric, intense dark pink. Mine were the intense pink kind, I am smitten! And, though it has been one of my fave Jacquard brand textile dye colors for a while, seeing the real thing made it even better!

1. Vintage Christian Lacroix pin from OneKingsLane.com 2. White armchair from OneKingsLane.com 3. Velvet Ottoman from OneKingsLane.com 4. Moroccan PomPom wool blanket from Chairish.com 5. Silk Velvet pillow for Chairish.com  6. Pencil Rattan Chest of Drawers from OneKingsLane.com 7. Overdyed Turkish rug from Chairish.com

Though this color is intense, when used sparingly, it can empower the viewer and the space. It is best combined with other crisp colors like white, navy, gold, orange or malachite. Avoid using casually with muddy or pastel colors like taupe, mauve, or jade.