Historical Color Palette
Historical Colour Palette: Swingin’ Sixties
Life in the sixties focused on self-expression and home design was just the place for people to make their individual statements about peace and love. Most of the colors in the era were inspired by nature. The color scheme we chose utilizes the four main colors seen everywhere in the 60’s.These colors included blue, orange, yellow and red; however we chose to use blue-green, yellow-orange, red-violet (pink), and yellow-green hues. The colors share a low chroma, or saturation, and dull luminescence to share a similar tonal range. The blue-green compliments yellow-orange, and the yellow-green does the same to red-violet to create a double complimentary color scheme. With the passing of 1950’s …show more content…
Image one is an example of how he used Campbell’s soup cans and made it into art. The color scheme he used accurately depicts the most popular colors used during the 60’s. 1960’s décor refers to a distinct style of interior design, which became prominent in the 1960s and early 1970s. The pinks, oranges, greens, blues, and yellows used in image one were very popular in home décor as wallpapers, …show more content…
Betty Pepis, a well-known interior designer in the 1960’s, designed the living room. She uses a dull hue of green blue as a focal point on the couch to compliment the yellow-green walls. She uses accents of dull orange, red and yellow in the pillows to tie in other elements of the room. The orange of the pillow is shown again in the bookshelf, and red in the shag carpet. Polypropylene, whose color could be matched to paint chips, became a popular material for furnishing. Fashion also used the same color scheme, as seen in image four. In image three fashion icon Twiggy is wearing a floral print using pink flowers on a yellow fabric. Style strayed from the dependence on accessories and focused on colors and tones. Tie-dye, psychedelic, paisley and floral fabrics were very popular. The more colorful the fabrics, the better, seen with larger sized, stylized flowers and brighter colors than ever before as shown in image five. The overall look of the ’60s was modern and retro. Modernism and abstract expressionism began to hold the power. Most importantly, design became a means of provoking emotion and reaction. The “flower power” and “hippie” movements were more decorative and
Life in the sixties focused on self-expression and home design was just the place for people to make their individual statements about peace and love. Most of the colors in the era were inspired by nature. The color scheme we chose utilizes the four main colors seen everywhere in the 60’s.These colors included blue, orange, yellow and red; however we chose to use blue-green, yellow-orange, red-violet (pink), and yellow-green hues. The colors share a low chroma, or saturation, and dull luminescence to share a similar tonal range. The blue-green compliments yellow-orange, and the yellow-green does the same to red-violet to create a double complimentary color scheme. With the passing of 1950’s …show more content…
Image one is an example of how he used Campbell’s soup cans and made it into art. The color scheme he used accurately depicts the most popular colors used during the 60’s. 1960’s décor refers to a distinct style of interior design, which became prominent in the 1960s and early 1970s. The pinks, oranges, greens, blues, and yellows used in image one were very popular in home décor as wallpapers, …show more content…
Betty Pepis, a well-known interior designer in the 1960’s, designed the living room. She uses a dull hue of green blue as a focal point on the couch to compliment the yellow-green walls. She uses accents of dull orange, red and yellow in the pillows to tie in other elements of the room. The orange of the pillow is shown again in the bookshelf, and red in the shag carpet. Polypropylene, whose color could be matched to paint chips, became a popular material for furnishing. Fashion also used the same color scheme, as seen in image four. In image three fashion icon Twiggy is wearing a floral print using pink flowers on a yellow fabric. Style strayed from the dependence on accessories and focused on colors and tones. Tie-dye, psychedelic, paisley and floral fabrics were very popular. The more colorful the fabrics, the better, seen with larger sized, stylized flowers and brighter colors than ever before as shown in image five. The overall look of the ’60s was modern and retro. Modernism and abstract expressionism began to hold the power. Most importantly, design became a means of provoking emotion and reaction. The “flower power” and “hippie” movements were more decorative and