Peacocks

Make one of the most beautiful of birds on this planet the focal point of your wall decoration with Photowall's peacocks wall murals. This excellent choice as main theme in your interRead moreior decoration will equip it with life and colour. The male’s colourful and very large tail feathers are on prominent display in our peacocks wall murals selection. Did you know that the name "peacock" is misunderstood by most of us? The species’ real name is the peafowl, and only the males are called peacocks while females are correctly known as peahens. But for convenience's sake, this category is still called peacocks wall murals because it features both the male and female representatives of this type of bird. The natural home of the peafowl is the Indian subcontinent, although there are small populations elsewhere imported by breeders. They are adapted to life in the forest but with the advent of human farming, have also come to exploit the rich pickings in fields which has made them rather unpopular with farmers. Worry not though, the beautiful items on show in peacocks wall murals will delight and please you.

Peacocks wall murals and colour

When it comes to interior design, colour is really key and very important in pertinence to how you set up your room. With peacocks wall murals, you are really spoiled for choice as there are so many colour combinations at work. The microscopic crystal-like structures that reflect different wavelengths of light depending on how they are spaced, result in bright fluorescent colours. Hummingbirds and shimmering butterflies have mastered a similar visual effect on their own wings, but it is in peacocks wall murals like "Proud as a Peacock" that you really see the beauty and extent of this natural effect. Thanks to selective breeding, it is common for captive peafowl to buck the iridescent trend for all-white feathers. This is called leucism, and it is due to a genetic mutation that causes loss of pigmentation. These peafowl are often mistaken for being albino, but instead of having red eyes, animals with leucism retain their normal eye colour. Check out the peacocks wall murals named "White Peacock" and "White Peafowl" for a visual affirmation.

Symbolic value

Your interiors will always benefit from having a touch of culture in it. Since the peacock is India’s national bird, you already have a leg up in this matter with peacocks wall murals. The bird's majestic and graceful form and the charming colours of its plumage have always motivated artists of different faiths to depict it in a range of mediums, from clay to stone and wall to wood and metal. Peacocks wall murals like "White Peacock on Indigo" reflect that connection between subject and artist. The Greeks, for example, only learned of the peacock after Alexander the Great’s conquest. They quickly added the bird to their pantheon of deities like the peacocks pulling the chariot of the Greek goddess Hera. Since Hera was considered the goddess of the sky and stars, the gold circles and blue background fit naturally. This is evident in peacocks wall murals like "Peacock Showing off", for example.

Peacocks wall murals main feature

We are all aware that the defining characteristic of this bird is its distinctive tail feathers. Coverts, as they are technically called, spread out in a distinctive train that is more than 60 percent of the bird’s total body length and boast colorful "eye" markings of blue, gold, red and other hues. You can see plenty of these in our peacocks wall murals arrangement. The large train is used in mating rituals and courtship displays, where it can be arched into a magnificent fan that reaches across the bird's back and touches the ground on either side. Females are believed to choose their mates according to the size, colour and quality of these outrageous feather trains. You can see part of this process in peacocks wall murals such as "Proud as a Peacock" and "Peacock Deco". This type of image can definitely spruce up your residential, recreational and even corporate interiors.
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