Game Development Reference
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Color by Decade: 1950 - 2000
1950s
softer, warmer colors
Color TV / DNA discovered / Disneyland opens / Elvis / "The Cat in the Hat" / LEGO toy bricks
1960s
soft warm colors
bold psychedelics
1st James Bond movie / 1st Dr. Who episode / Peter Max / Star Trek on TV
1970s
strong, warm
earth tones
M*A*S*H* TV show / Star Wars movie / "Roots" miniseries / VCRs available
1980s
lighter softer colors,
sophisticated style palette
Pac-Man / Rubik's Cube / CNN / PCs from IBM / Miami Vice TV show
1990s
bolder deeper
new digital color
Hubble Telescope / Internet / Hale-Bopp comet / Pathfinder on Mars
2000s
lighter, realistic
digital color
Wikipedia / Yo uTube / Smartphones / Tablets / Google Street view / Facebook
FIGURE 7.3 (See color insert)
Chart of color palettes by decade (1950-2010) based on color samplings from pop
cultural images from these times.
