The 1950s Colours
SOME COLOURS OF THE 1950s & EARLY 1960s
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By the early 1950s a considerable amount of research
and experiment had been carried out into the methodical
use of colour in buildings. The result was to
show that colour could make a direct and positive contribution
to the design of a building.
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Work carried out by various bodies led to the development of a range of 101 paint colours in 1955. This found immediate favour with a great many architects and designers, and gradually, in an unpremeditated manner, as a colour co-ordinator of manufactured goods.
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We have selected 48 of the colours that we feel reflect
the character of the original range whilst still being
of use today. The selection has been guided by a
number of factors:
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Those colours that Papers and Paints sold most of during
the 1960s. We opened in September 1960 and still
have a very full record of our early business.
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A number of colours of the period uncovered during
recent work that we have carried out as consultants on
two significant buildings from the 1950s and 1960s.
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Ten of the colours were selected for the frequency
with which they occur in published works on decoration
of the period. A further nine colours were selected
for their closeness to those in the collection of colour
scales produced by Le Corbusier in 1959.
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If required, however, the majority of the original 1955 range
can be reproduced.
For further information on the colours see Background to the 1950s
Colours .
For many reasons, your monitor may not be showing the paint colours
accurately.
Please ensure that you obtain a set of colour cards, and preferably
a sample pot, before buying greater quantities of paint.
A set of six colour cards, each of eight colours, is available
for sale.
Cost of colour cards
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Range
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UK*
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EU*
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USA / Rest of World
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1950s |
£
7
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£
10
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£
12
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* Prices include VAT and postage
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* Prices include VAT and postage
Colour cards for other ranges are also available:
Traditional Colours, Historical
Colours and Off Whites.
Orders for colour cards can be made by telephone,
letter or fax. Currently we do not have secure encryption
facilities for placing orders on the Internet.
Extracts from BS 2660: 1955 are reproduced with
the permission of BSI
under licence number 2002SK/0072
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