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Vintage Color Palettes

12 free palettes with hex codes. Faded, retro colors from past decades. Click any color to copy it.

About vintage palettes

Vintage palettes recreate the colors of past decades: the mustard, avocado and burnt orange of the 1970s, mid-century teal and coral, diner red and cream, the neon of 1980s arcades, and the browns of faded photographs. Most vintage colors are slightly muted or warmed, as if aged by sunlight, which gives them their nostalgic feel.

Retro palettes work well for posters, music and event branding, cafés, barbershops, packaging and anything that wants character over polish. Combine them with an off-white or cream background instead of pure white, and a warm dark brown or deep navy for text, to keep the period feel throughout.

12 vintage palettes

Seventies Kitchen

Best text pair:Aa#8B4513 on #F2E8CF5.8:1AA

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Retro Diner

Best text pair:Aa#2E294E on #F8F4E312.3:1AAA

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Faded Postcard

Best text pair:Aa#5D2E46 on #E8D6CB7.7:1AAA

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Mid-Century Modern

Best text pair:Aa#264653 on #E9C46A6.0:1AA

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Old Photograph

Best text pair:Aa#3B2F2F on #EAE0C89.8:1AAA

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Retro Pop

Best text pair:Aa#4D96FF on #F7F7F72.8:1too low for text

For text, useAa#000000 on #F7F7F719.6:1AAA

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Antique Map

Best text pair:Aa#5B4A2E on #E3D5B85.9:1AA

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Eighties Arcade

Best text pair:Aa#261447 on #FFD31911.5:1AAA

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Vinyl Records

Best text pair:Aa#1C1C1C on #F2C14E10.2:1AAA

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Victorian Parlor

Best text pair:Aa#4B1D3F on #D9C5A08.0:1AAA

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Sixties Mod

Best text pair:Aa#155263 on #F4F4F47.9:1AAA

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Instant Film

Best text pair:Aa#3A6B7E on #F4F1E85.2:1AA

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Tips for vintage palettes

  • Swap pure white for cream (#F2E8CF-ish) to instantly age a design.
  • Pair vintage colors with a period-appropriate typeface for the strongest effect.
  • Add subtle grain or texture to flat colors for a printed, aged look.

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