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2006-03-06 22:13:43 ET Been doing research in my spare time. Collecting about 500 or so pics of remodeled and professionally painted Victorian houses(*not the painted ladies of Frisco fame!)And I have come to the conclusion, that I will probaly. When I get to that stage. Paint the house in mottled subdued colours!!! Reading various articles from worldwide historical societies, and books galore. Many authors have shown dismay at the use of vibrant and semi pastel colours. That's good. Cause there's no fucking way, my casa is going to be painted in pastel colours!!! -- Lighter coloured Victorian houses were more widely seen in country settings, to disern them from the terrain. Complete white houses with monochrome trim were more widely seen after World War 1. --Subdued colours were used in rural and city areas due to the high content of ash from wood and coal burning of that time period.I guess it showed less on darker subdued colours?! --The most popular colours for the main body of a house were... Indian red(redish brown) Mineral green(like an olive drab, but more brown then grey) Van Dyke brown(a chocolate like brown with ocre thrown in.) Ocre(A putrid sickly yellowish mottled green) Burnt sienna(rusty brown) Sepia(yellowish brown. like old photos) --Popular trim colours are as follows.... Blue black(nuff said!) Golden rod(a rich golden rusty yellow) Prussian blue(Almost a navy blue with more black.) Dull red Brown madder Citrine(green orange) Burnt umber(reddish orange) Venitian red Van Dyke brown(see above) Bright red Gamborge(brownish black, with a hint of white.) Green(blue-black & yellow oche) Stone yellow(greyish yellow) --Wood trim colours. Having all natural wood is pretty much a 20th century thing! Most was painted to hide the wood joints, and imperfections of building materials! Common wood(interior trim) paint colours for the period are..... Pale stone grey Peacock blue(prussian blue &yellow ochre with a hint of black) Burnt sienna & yellow ochre mixed with a hint of white Greenish drab(with a hint of vermillion) Venetian red(with a hint of vermillion) Light drab green Cobolt(with a tinge of black) Van dyke brown(with a hint of citrine or grey). So many subdued colours. So little time! |
