Stumbled on this as I was looking for car paint colors. 1955, 1966, and 1972 accessable from this site as well. More non appliance items can be found also. Enjoy!
New Lift to Living from Frigidaire-1956
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whirlcool
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Long time ago about some organizational design group (like SAE, etc) in Washington that chooses the colors that we will be seeing on all our products for the next few years. The choose what colors cars & their interiors will be, what colors clothing will be, what colors interior fabrics will be, etc. I seem to remember the reason for this was standardization of consumer goods.
When I read the article it stated that turquois & brown will be the hot thing going in two years. And sure enough, guess what became popular two years later!
Has anyone else ever heard of this group? Could it be the Pantone group?
When I read the article it stated that turquois & brown will be the hot thing going in two years. And sure enough, guess what became popular two years later!
Has anyone else ever heard of this group? Could it be the Pantone group?
arbilab
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Note that the link for "1972" is actually 1966.
I don't know if Pantone "chooses" the colors but they do define them precisely so that various manufacturers can reproduce/match them.
I'd almost swear that 'appliance pink' was the same color you could buy from Oldsmobile in 1958. 1959 Chevy was available in avocado, ahead of its time. Can't remember any Harvest Gold cars though.
I don't know if Pantone "chooses" the colors but they do define them precisely so that various manufacturers can reproduce/match them.
I'd almost swear that 'appliance pink' was the same color you could buy from Oldsmobile in 1958. 1959 Chevy was available in avocado, ahead of its time. Can't remember any Harvest Gold cars though.
What a great site!
<span style="font-size: medium;">Love the ads, thank you!</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Love the ads, thank you!</span>
How odd
<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>that they show the washer/ dryer with white tops over yellow bodies, these were still porcelain enamel in 56. Never seen that in real life, has anyone else?
<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>that they show the washer/ dryer with white tops over yellow bodies, these were still porcelain enamel in 56. Never seen that in real life, has anyone else?
I've seen ads printed on POD that tell you can get white and a color for the two tones, seems like they quit that when The Sheer Look debuted. I hadn't looked at the "1972" brochure, and yeah, the rocket scientist has the '66 posted as such. Also says he thinks it's a '66 brochure, what was the first clue, 1966 printed on the cover? LOL
