I've been reviewing things I've written about the color scheme and I feel like nowhere does it make this clear:
I was doing volunteer work for local community development organizations in Aberdeen, Washington and looking for a means to dramatically enhance what is already here with little in the way of time, money and effort.
So the Mid Century Modern theme and brown, blue and white color scheme were chosen to say "Hey, we got a lot of plain brown boxy buildings and I think if you call it Mid Century Modern and start adding, say, blue and white bike racks and trash cans or whatever, you could brighten the place up a lot without much extra effort while adding things you are going to add anyway."
There are other common color schemes from that timeframe, such as black and white checkered tile patterns with red accents. In addition to pale blue, they used a lot of similar shades of light green, pink, tan, etc. to add some pop and some fun to the design.
Orange is another color you can find. You can find, say, orange with white and brown which can look surprisingly sophisticated and not overly bright or clownish.
The color scheme was not intended to say "I think Aberdeen should remain trapped in a boring boxy brown future."
It was intended to say "We got a lot of boxy brown buildings and they are probably going to be around for a lot of years to come. I would like to draw inspiration from Mid Century Modern design and embellish the downtown with light and bright accents and I think if we MOSTLY add blue and white touches to what is already here, you can brighten the place up a lot without much additional effort above things that are GOING to happen anyway at times and have it be thematic but not boring."
It was also intended to be generally approachable. My thinking was that you can keep it simple and still make it more attractive. You do NOT have to go all Rococo here or something to enhance the place.
There is nothing inherently wrong or ugly about visually fairly simple, well-built, boxy buildings. They can be perfectly attractive. But a few bright flourishes would be nice to brighten the place up.
I was doing volunteer work for local community development organizations in Aberdeen, Washington and looking for a means to dramatically enhance what is already here with little in the way of time, money and effort.
So the Mid Century Modern theme and brown, blue and white color scheme were chosen to say "Hey, we got a lot of plain brown boxy buildings and I think if you call it Mid Century Modern and start adding, say, blue and white bike racks and trash cans or whatever, you could brighten the place up a lot without much extra effort while adding things you are going to add anyway."
There are other common color schemes from that timeframe, such as black and white checkered tile patterns with red accents. In addition to pale blue, they used a lot of similar shades of light green, pink, tan, etc. to add some pop and some fun to the design.
Orange is another color you can find. You can find, say, orange with white and brown which can look surprisingly sophisticated and not overly bright or clownish.
The color scheme was not intended to say "I think Aberdeen should remain trapped in a boring boxy brown future."
It was intended to say "We got a lot of boxy brown buildings and they are probably going to be around for a lot of years to come. I would like to draw inspiration from Mid Century Modern design and embellish the downtown with light and bright accents and I think if we MOSTLY add blue and white touches to what is already here, you can brighten the place up a lot without much additional effort above things that are GOING to happen anyway at times and have it be thematic but not boring."
It was also intended to be generally approachable. My thinking was that you can keep it simple and still make it more attractive. You do NOT have to go all Rococo here or something to enhance the place.
There is nothing inherently wrong or ugly about visually fairly simple, well-built, boxy buildings. They can be perfectly attractive. But a few bright flourishes would be nice to brighten the place up.