Mid century paint colors: Painting your 60s ranch home (and more) - a retro palette, courtesy Ronn
50sPam on May 16 2008 at 8:01 am | Filed under: exterior design, paint colors
Fridays are shaping up (informally) to be the day we think about sprucing up our postwar jewel boxes - on the outside. Today, this terrific 60s paint palette from reader Ronn. Not only are the colors great, but the graphics of the paint chips themselves are yummy. Ronn admits, this is a treasure he keeps in his NFS (not for sale) treasure trove.
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Oh, that’s FABULOUS! Does he think they’ve faded at all? I’m still working on a paint color for our trim.
Those paint samples are great, Ronn! They take me back to my childhood in the 60’s Baltimore suburbs where every house was painted a different pastel-ish color. I don’t think I’ve seen that shade of lavender since back then.
And now, living in Bloomington, Indiana (the home of John Mellencamp, of “Little Pink Houses” fame), people seem to be reverting to these paint colors for their ranches and splits.
Such rich looking colors. Thanks for sharing. We’ll have to consider these for our shutters and front door.
This is exactly the kind of source we have been looking for.
Sherwin-Williams does a sampler palette of suburban modern colors, too. You may have to ask at the counter for one…they fly out of the display case!
I have quite a few posts on Paint Colors and added the key ones to the post. Also see the Categories for paint colors to see more stories.
Hi,
Ronn here. The paint chips have no fading, and I did my best to make sure the colors are accurate for everyone’s screens. The shot might read about 10% too dark. None the less, this was a big help for OUR home, and a cool NFS display piece in my store.