Color palettes for specific eras

If you enjoy watching movies from different decades, you're likely to notice that some colors dominate particular eras, creating specific moods and feelings. The popularity of different colors across the decades isn't accidental. Events in society, fashion, music, and art shaped the role of color over time. For example, in the 1950s, America was swept by consumerism, glamor, and prosperity. Delicate and powdery pastels, such as pinks, blues, and greens, conveyed feelings of youth, warmth, and joy. Nowadays, these colors are used to create a vintage atmosphere associated with this era.

The 1970s were signified by a tremendous revolution in television when most stations worldwide upgraded from black-and-white to color transmission.^[1] Furthermore, on the 22nd of April in 1970, Earth Day was celebrated for the first time in the US, aimed at increasing public awareness of the world's environmental problems. Earth tones dominated this era and the palette became more nature-inspired with harvest gold, rusty oranges, chocolate browns, overripe avocado green, etc.^[2]