Crown Paints Exterior Colour Book

Brunswick F7122E

D6120R

Olive D8270S

Etruscan Red Y0141W

KEYDESIGN FEATURES:

Whilst Stucco was painted to replicate stone - stone was never painted. Regardless of whether the property was constructed of stone, red brick, London stock brick (yellow) or stucco, the elements and colours for decoration would have been: CORNICES, WINDOWS, WINDOWFRAMES, DOOR FRAMES AND FANLIGHTS: Pale stone colours or off white FRONT DOORS : Bronze greens, Brunswick greens, Invisible Greens, Red Browns, Olive Browns WINDOWBOXES: If there were window boxes, they would have been painted in the same colour as the front door.

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RAILINGS ANDOTHER IRON-WORK: Greys, Stones

In the first half of the nineteenth century ‘invisible’ greens (so called because they would blend into a background of foliage) were used for fences, gates, railings and garden furniture. RAINWATER GOODS : Greys (Lead colour). On stucco or rendered façades, the rainwater goods would blend with the façade. FAÇADE (where painted): Stone colours. All of the houses on a terrace wouldmatch. What we know today as Brilliant White was never used (it wasn’t available until after WW II). Off whites or creams would have been used instead.

The Circus, Bath

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