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60s Color Palette

Five colors and their hex codes at each press, from flower brights to mod black and white.

60s Color Palette

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Daisy chain: white on yellowYellow background, white, green, orange, hot pink accent.#FFD400 · #FFFDF8 · #2FA043 · #F77F11 · #F5338D

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Flower brights 10

Daisy chain: white on yellow Yellow background, white, green, orange, hot pink accent.
Garden party: pink on lime Lime background, pink, white, turquoise, yellow accent.
Hair flowers: pink on cream Cream background, pink, yellow, lime, violet accent.
Headscarf: purple on orange Orange background, purple, pink, yellow, cream accent.
Marigold bed: yellow on orange Orange background, yellow, green, brown, red accent.
Painted van: orange on turquoise Turquoise background, orange, cream, magenta, purple accent.
Paper flowers: red on white White background, red, orange, pink, green accent.
Petal print: red on hot pink Hot pink background, red, white, lime, violet accent.
Poppy field: red on green Green background, red, orange, sky blue, cream accent.
Sunflower patch: yellow on sky blue Sky blue background, yellow, brown, green, cream accent.

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Mod black, white and one color 10

Bullseye: blue on white White, black and gray, with blue as the one color and navy as its second step.
Checkerboard: red on white White, black and silver, with red as the one color and dark red as its second step.
Houndstooth: purple on white White, black and charcoal, with purple as the one color and deep purple as its second step.
Op stripes: yellow on white White, black and charcoal, with yellow as the one color and mustard as its second step.
Polka dots: green on cream Cream, black and charcoal, with green as the one color and forest green as its second step.
Record sleeve: cobalt blue on cream Cream, black and silver, with cobalt blue as the one color and baby blue as its second step.
Scooter: turquoise on cream Cream, black and silver, with turquoise as the one color and dark teal as its second step.
Shift dress: orange on cream Cream, black and gray, with orange as the one color and peach as its second step.
Tall boots: hot pink on white White, black and gray, with hot pink as the one color and pale pink as its second step.
Zebra stripes: violet on white White, black and silver, with violet as the one color and lavender as its second step.

Kitchen pastels 10

Bread bin: baby blue on cream Cream background, baby blue, silver, butter yellow, coral accent.
Cake stand: cream on pale pink Pale pink background, cream, mint, peach, lavender accent.
Dish towel: turquoise on cream Cream background, turquoise, butter yellow, pink, baby blue accent.
Egg cups: butter yellow on white White background, butter yellow, aqua, peach, mint accent.
Enamel pot: turquoise on butter yellow Butter yellow background, turquoise, white, cream, coral accent.
Fridge door: silver on mint Mint background, silver, white, butter yellow, pale pink accent.
Gingham curtain: pale pink on white White background, pale pink, peach, aqua, coral accent.
Recipe tin: mint on peach Peach background, mint, cream, baby blue, coral accent.
Stand mixer: cream on aqua Aqua background, cream, silver, turquoise, pale pink accent.
Whistling kettle: white on baby blue Baby blue background, white, silver, peach, turquoise accent.

Poster swirls 10

Concert poster: orange on purple Purple background, orange, yellow, hot pink, lime accent.
Light show: magenta on black Black background, magenta, turquoise, yellow, violet accent.
Liquid light: magenta on violet Violet background, magenta, orange, aqua, black accent.
Op spiral: green on hot pink Hot pink background, green, black, cobalt blue, white accent.
Paisley: turquoise on red Red background, turquoise, mustard, purple, cream accent.
Spin art: lime on magenta Magenta background, lime, cobalt blue, orange, white accent.
Sunburst: orange on red Red background, orange, yellow, purple, turquoise accent.
Swirl letters: orange on cobalt blue Cobalt blue background, orange, yellow, red, white accent.
Tie-dye shirt: hot pink on yellow Yellow background, hot pink, turquoise, violet, orange accent.
Wavy lines: magenta on orange Orange background, magenta, green, yellow, purple accent.

How this list was compiled: Own work, written for Draw This Next on 2026-10-08: palettes of five colors in four looks that go by the name 60s (flower brights, mod black and white with one color, kitchen pastels, poster swirls). Every palette, name, color word, hex code and line is our own; no palette is taken from a poster, a record sleeve, a film, a brand or a published palette, and the page states nothing about the decade beyond the names of its four groups. How a strip is ordered: the background comes first and the accent last; a mod strip is a light neutral, black, a gray, then the one color and a second step of the same color, lighter or darker. Our own tests, not a standard: the second color reaches a contrast of 1.5 to 1 against the background (the WCAG contrast ratio formula, https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/contrast-minimum.html, used as our own threshold); the two steps of a mod color lie within 40 degrees of hue; no two colors of a palette are closer than 10 in CIE Lab; no two palettes share four codes. Color names are plain English words with no paint maker, pencil brand or color-matching system, and one word is one code everywhere on this list. Checked on 2026-10-08: every code is #RRGGBB, each color word fits the hue and lightness of its code, no palette, name or line repeats, and no palette is on another palette list of this site or of its sister sites. The hex codes are for a screen; with paint or pencils, take the nearest color. Licence: own work

How it works

This page deals one 60s color palette at a time. Flower brights, kitchen pastels and poster swirls run from a background to an accent; a mod strip is black, white and one color.

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Flowers, kitchens and a groovy color palette

Flower brights draw on yellow, orange, pink, lime and green. Kitchen pastels draw on aqua, mint, butter yellow, peach and pale pink, with cream, white or silver. For a groovy color palette, choose Poster swirls in the menu under the button: purple against orange, magenta against lime, red against turquoise.

Mod: black, white and one color

A mod strip is white or cream, black, a gray, then one color and a second step of it, lighter or darker: red with dark red, orange with peach, cobalt blue with baby blue. Put the color on one shape and leave the rest black and white.

Questions and answers

What colors are in a 1960s color palette?

Apart from white, cream, black and silver, the colors used most on this list are orange #F77F11, yellow #FFD400 and turquoise #1FBDB0, then green, red and purple. Calling them 1960s colors is our choice.

What is a retro 60s color palette for a poster?

Try Concert poster: a purple background, then orange, yellow and hot pink, with lime as the accent. Sunburst sets orange, yellow and purple on red, with turquoise as the accent.

Where do the codes of a 60s colour palette come from?

They are our own: each code is there for its look, and its color word fits the code. No strip copies a poster, a dress or a product of the 1960s.