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Why was Parrish down in the mouth the "in" color of the 1910s? What was with
those 1950s pink bathrooms? Remember the 1970s' "Crop Gold"
kitchen appliances?
A new book, "Pantone: The 20th Century in Color" (Chronicle
Books), looks at how color and cultural telling affect each other,
and find their way into our homes.
Authors Leatrice Eiseman and Keith Recker are consultants for
Pantone, the New Jersey-based coterie that developed a standardized
color system used by designers, manufacturers, printers and
publishers. They use a curatorial movement in discussing each
decade's most prevalent colors and why they might have become
popular.
It's an unusual lens on the last century: What was circumstance in
society literally colored our lives, through upholstery, wall
paint, rugs, and other textiles and accessories.
The authors create with the 1900s and the Edwardian era, what
they call "the last good time of the upper classes." Coronations in
several European countries were well-known by craftsmen like
Cartier, Faberge, Lalique and Tiffany with admirable objects, whose
colors --- violet, emerald and gold --- were embraced by the
open.
Source: Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier