1950s colour palette

50s vintage color palette created by retroburk that consists #cc2d30,#9bdbc1,#efe8ad,#aadd96,#e8a5af colors.

Manufacturing processes improved greatly in the 1940s so much that ready-to-wear clothing was almost as affordable as fabric alone. The need and desire to sew clothing at home significantly decreased in the 1950s. For those who still chose to sew their own clothing, the diversity of new fabrics and the variety of colors, prints and

Colorful-living C.1950s Color Palette

1950s Color chart of the great designers All the big names in fashion are featured like Jeanne Lanvin, Jean Patou and Maggy Rouf, and of course Dior, Schiaparelli, and Balenciaga along with many long forgotten names, some perhaps who were the instigators of style trends, but were eclipsed by better financed and bigger names who often – lets face it – nicked their ideas.( fashion houses had no ethics in that matter).

OVERVIEW By the end of the decade, the world had largely recovered from World War II and the Cold War developed from its modest beginning in the late 1940s, to a hot competition between the United …

"There's nothing finer than being in your diner!" - Jerry Seinfeld. We all love the nostalgia of a diner. The colors, the decor, the food and the aesthetic take us back to another time. I was inspired to create this palette from the iconic 50's American diners, using bold, vibrant colors and soft neutrals. Included in this digital file are 30 of my hand-picked colors (as a .swatches file) that are ready to install in Procreate. Also included is a HEX Code chart to use in Canva, Figma or the…

The restoration of a 1953 R-112 Series International Harvester pickup owned by John and Susan Hansen

1950's Color combo.

Doing up a vintage or retro caravan is a bit like doing up a vintage car. Not only is it addictive, but you are also faced with a number of very similar decisions to make. Can you restore it back to original or are you better to put your own spin on it like the hot-rod boys? What of the existing layout still works or is worth saving? Is it a gut job? Excerpt from Vintage and Retro Caravans Downunder Words: Marilyn Jessen Don Jenssen's father hand-built the furniture in each of our Liteweight…