Deep ink-blue velvet with a charcoal cast and softly directional nap

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Mark Alexander

Urbane Ink

Name: Urbane Ink
Brand: Mark Alexander

Urbane Ink reads as a deep ink blue with an almost charcoal-black depth. Its plain surface shows a restrained velvet nap, with faint tonal shifts where the light moves across it.

deep ink blue plain none luxe upholstery

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About this fabric

This fabric is catalogued as Velvet and has a dense, softly brushed appearance suited to upholstery. The colour sits between midnight blue and charcoal, giving the swatch a cool, urban mood rather than a bright or saturated blue impression. Subtle changes in the nap create gentle lighter and darker patches across the otherwise plain ground. No performance features are noted for this fabric.

How to use it

Use Urbane Ink on a statement armchair, sofa or headboard where its near-black blue tone can add depth without the flatness of pure black. Pair it with warm timber, aged brass or pale stone to bring out the quiet tonal variation in the velvet.

Use this deep ink blue on upholstered seating where its dark, softly reflective surface can create a tailored, cocooning feel.

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Urbane Ink is a quiet cloth, so it carries a pattern beside it: one of these on the curtains and this on the chair. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.

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