Purple ranges from a soft lilac to a deep, dramatic aubergine, and a vertical blind carries it across the large windows verticals dress. A vertical hangs as a run of louvres that rotate for light and draw aside to clear the glass, suiting patio doors, bay windows and wide glazing. This guide spans a value plain, a blackout and a deeper purple, drawn from three different UK retailers.
What purple brings to a room
Purple is the colour of depth and a little drama. A soft lilac or heather is gentle and almost neutral, calming in a bedroom; a mid mauve carries more colour; a deep aubergine or plum is rich and enclosing, close to a warm dark. On a vertical the colour is broken into louvre lines, so even a deep aubergine reads comfortably across a big window rather than dominating. Purple shifts with light - a north-facing room can pull a lilac towards grey or blue - so test a sample against your aspect.
What to look for
- Louvre width: usually 89mm, with 127mm for very large windows.
- Opacity: light-filtering purples screen and soften daylight; a blackout vane suits a bedroom; a moisture-resistant fabric suits kitchens and conservatories.
- Shade: lilac and heather are the soft end; mauve the middle; aubergine and plum the deep, dramatic end.
- Operation and safety: a wand-operated, cord-free system is safer near children, in line with UK requirements.
- Fitting: top-fix or face-fix with clearance above and a flat run to stack into.
How we chose
Three routes into a purple vertical, each from a different retailer: a low-cost aubergine, a blackout heather for bedrooms, and a deeper purple for a richer shade.
Our picks
Roma Vertical Blinds
at 247 Blinds
A low-cost aubergine vertical from 247 Blinds for large windows.
Hannah Moisture Resistant Vertical Blinds
at Unbeatable Blinds
A blackout heather vertical from Unbeatable Blinds, moisture-resistant too.
Legacy Vertical Blinds
at Blinds By Post
A deep-purple vertical from Blinds By Post for a richer, bolder shade.
Pick details
Roma Vertical Blinds
at 247 Blinds
A low-cost aubergine vertical from 247 Blinds for large windows.
For a purple vertical at the lowest sensible price, the Roma at 247 Blinds is our value pick. Its aubergine shade is a rich, grounded purple, and on the large windows verticals dress, the low entry price keeps the total down. It is the sensible starting point for a purple vertical, and the deep tone reads well across a wide window.
Hannah Moisture Resistant Vertical Blinds
at Unbeatable Blinds
A blackout heather vertical from Unbeatable Blinds, moisture-resistant too.
When the purple needs to darken a room - a bedroom - the Hannah at Unbeatable Blinds is our blackout pick, and being moisture-resistant it copes with a humid room too. Its heather vanes block daylight rather than dim it, in a soft, calming purple; rotate them closed for darkness or angle them for filtered light. At a low-to-mid entry price for a blackout vertical, it is the choice for a soft, dark bedroom. Unbeatable Blinds is a second retailer to compare.
Legacy Vertical Blinds
at Blinds By Post
A deep-purple vertical from Blinds By Post for a richer, bolder shade.
For a richer, bolder purple, the Legacy at Blinds By Post is our deep-purple pick. It reaches the deep end of the range - a confident, dramatic shade that makes a large window a feature rather than a backdrop. It carries a low-to-mid entry price, and Blinds By Post is the third retailer here to compare. Use it where a soft lilac would underplay the room and you want the purple to be the statement.
What we didn't include
We have kept this guide to purple, and to a value plain, a blackout and a deeper shade. Other colours have their own guides. Motorised tracks suit very wide glazing but are an option rather than a different product; patterned vanes are a separate brief.