Sentence examples for historic colors from inspiring English sources

The building's cast-iron facade is to be renovated next year and repainted in a light gray, one of the building's historic colors.

And I used historic colors, which make everything look old even though the carriage house is now set up with modern conveniences.

Although made according to modern chemical formulations that last longer and are free of lead, the paints are based on historic colors -- Montpelier Peach from the home of James Madison, for instance, and Presidential White from the Woodrow Wilson House.

For her bedroom accent wall, she used California Paints' Curry on one wall (its saturated reds and historic colors look terrific in modern situations, she said), but left the remaining walls bisected by two tones of taupe with contrasting finishes: glossy below, matte on top.

Ms. Paulsen said that the commission had sent four warning letters on the facade work, and that it permits owners to repaint cornices any historic color, even if it is a black from the 1930's.

Due to negative feedback from the riders, the historic color was kept.

Although the building's cast-iron panels are original, the new paint job wasn't inspired by a historic color scheme.

The Chassanoffs' restoration included removing the wallpaper, applying historic paint colors and stripping and refinishing the original floor's wooden planks.

Ms. Blaszczyk begins by explaining the historic importance of color.

A futuristic museum in the historic center has added color to the city's architectural scene.

Though same-sex marriage isn't a cause on the same scale of historic injustice as the color line in America, it is the issue that forces today's politicians to take a clear and politically difficult moral stand.