Synopsis
The Colorizer system of paint matching and mixing, with a tribute to the role color consciousness plays in everyday life and modern design.
Uploader's description on archive.org
Details
- Running time
- 20 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- ColorHar1956
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Perception: Color
- Design
- Houses and homes: Paint
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Wish they had this today · JayKay49 · 2012-01-09
As I prepare to repaint much of my house yet AGAIN! I'd give anything to have a friendly colorizer dealer near me. I'd skip that Home Depot/Lowes paint stuff and quickly pick colors right. The paint chip displays in those big box stores are chaotic and its impossible to get a handle on what you really want. Not to mention the lighting in those stores distorts all the tints such that you bring the swathes home to household lighting and then can't figure out why you even considered those colors. Then theres the racks where the swatches jump diectly from pale off white to saturated deep tones…
★★★★★ · An innovative Scheme · EdwinClarkii · 2020-08-31
The Colorizer system was developed by the Bennett Paint company of Salt Lake City and shared with 11 other US local and regional companies who were members of Colorizer Associates, as well as one Canadian and one British company. Before this system was developed, creating a particular color and shade required a fraught process of mixing paints and pigments and waiting to seeing whether you had the color you wanted when the paint dried. Several attempts were often required. It took several years for the larger paint companies to catch up. One interesting note is that the living room that is…
★★★★ · I'll Take Color Chaos Over Color Order Anytime · Christine Hennig · 2005-08-28
This 50s film presents a complicated system for choosing paint colors, as well as the colors of everything else in the home, so that the housewife need not rely on her own judgment and risk ending up with a room thats not tasteful. All the colors presented are muted and sick-looking, but thats the price you pay for being tasteful. That being said, the film is full of great examples of 50s furniture that any self-respecting vintage shop owner would groan over today, and which probably sells for thousands on eBay. My favorite, though, is the colored telephones (Wilbur, where are you when I…
★★ · The colors just don't stop coming, but it's all pretty drab. · Spuzz · 2003-04-03
In this totally unremarkable film, The colorizer wheel of color choosing is demonstrated over and over. While color scheming could be interesting for some, I found this whole film unremarkable and dragged out. There are some pretty scenes of nature, and some far out rooms, but the whole film totally wears out it's welcome very fast.
