Comments on: Mid century paint colors: Painting your 60s ranch home (and more) - a retro palette, courtesy Ronn

By: Ronn

Ronn — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:38:45 +0000

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.

By: 50sPam

50sPam — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:57:28 +0000

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.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:24:23 +0000

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!

By: Sumac Sue

Sumac Sue — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:16:23 +0000

Such rich looking colors. Thanks for sharing. We’ll have to consider these for our shutters and front door.

By: Femme1

Femme1 — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:24:05 +0000

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.

By: Mary-Frances Main

Mary-Frances Main — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:37:40 +0000

Oh, that’s FABULOUS! Does he think they’ve faded at all? I’m still working on a paint color for our trim.