THE WAYS OF COLOUR

Though the candy pastels of the 1950s and acid pops of the ’60s dominate people’s perceptions, the primary palette of the era was actually much softer and more natural, amplified by green vistas through the period’s signature floor-to-ceiling windows. “If you look at classic Australian mid-century homes, the dominant colours were very much reflective of the landscape: warm timbers, natural stone, earthy greens and burnt orange,” says Rebecca Pountney.

The dark neutral base is often punctuated by bursts of saturated colour, reflective of the optimism during the post-war period.