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ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL

An Analysis of the 1951


Decorative Scheme
in the Foyer
South Bank: The Lion Brewery & Shot Tower
1949
South Bank: Royal Festival Hall
1951
Royal Festival Hall looking towards
Houses of Parliament - 1950s
Level 4 – Looking West
Level 5 – Looking SW
Level 6 – Looking NE
Superficial damage had revealed red
N
First Example
Existing
paint

Lining Deep Red


paper

Side Walls: (S end)


Deep Red

West and East Walls (S end)


Second Example
Pale Dull Green
Side Walls (N end)
Deep Red

Pale Dull Green


Restoration of Side Walls
Third Example
Dark Brown

South Walls to Ballroom


N

Dark Brown

South Walls to Ballroom


Restoration of South Walls
Pale Yellow Cream Dark Brown

Bar Front
Brownish Red

Spaces between Timber Cladding


Level 2 - Colours
Archrome (Munsell) Range
• Developed by Schools Group of
Architect’s Department of Hertfordshire
County Council in 1949.
• Forty nine colours (incl. black & white).
• Published in Ministry of Education’s
Building Bulletin No 9 in 1953.
Johannes Itten’s
Colour Contrasts

Contrast of Hue Light-Dark Contrast

Cold-Warm Contrast
Johannes Itten’s
Colour Contrasts

Simultaneous Contrast Complementary Contrast

Contrast of Saturation
Further Information

A full account of the paint analysis and the


background to the use of the original colours can
be found here:

http://cli.gs/4j1gN1
By Appointment to
Her Majesty The Queen
Architectural Paint Specialists
Papers and Paints Ltd

For more information on what I do:

www.colourman.com

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