Jul 21 2020 updating an 1800 farmhouse.
Colonial living room colors.
Victorian palette tried another way.
Williamsburg paint colors include goodwin green cw 555 mopboard black cw 680 and harwood putty cw 5.
Amp up the color without veering into kitsch by sticking to one part of the spectrum.
Good paint is worth the investment.
Copper is the basis for many blues and greens including the turquoise color known as egyptian blue first mixed 5 000 years ago.
Historic interior paint colors.
The living room paint colors as a whole seen here are a colonial interpretation of a primary palette according to the artist.
In the lively dining room he features damask gold cw 405 and lafayette blue cw 610.
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Think of the house as a whole and chose colors that flow from room to room.
The warm hues so familiar to us from early american applications brown burnt orange tawny red and pink rich tan and yellow come from iron oxides like ochre umber and sienna.