60s Kitchen colours

The bright colours that symbolised clean modern living in the 50s were looking a little too garish by the mid sixties. Subtler shades were in.

Illustrated on the left are Wrighton's 1966/67 colour choices for their Californian Kitchen, designed by Nigel Walters. Illustrated on the right are three of the outgoing shades: Cherry Red, Turquoise and Tangerine. Their replacements were Dusty Olive, Marigold and Ice Blue.

Think of 50s diners with chrome and red furniture; by the sixties, this style was looking dated.

Worktop surfaces too, were becoming more subtle.  A new pattern, Grey Houndstooth, replaced a mosaic style called, 'Charcoal Capri'.

The pastel shades of the mid to late sixties did not last long. In the 70s, bright reds, oranges and blues returned. But there was no mistaking a 70s kitchen for a 50s one.

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