15 Vintage Color Palettes for Your App

Vintage style branding continues to be a popular choice for businesses looking to give off a retro vibe. Whether you own a bar or coffee shop, craft handmade goods, or sell services, vintage-style logos and branding are a great choice!

Vintage colors can range from vibrant diner scenes to subdued and muted tones captured on film cameras.

With such diversity in color choice, we put together some vintage color palettes to make choosing what colors to work with a little easier. HEX codes are included as well as suggestions for how to use these combinations in apps or social media graphics.

Enjoy!

Havana

Hex Codes: #f04720 #f4c273 #f7e8c4 #dd9bc6 #9f4282

Nightcap

Hex Codes: #f7f7f9 #f9dac5 #f3824b #d11802 #421006

Rock & roll

Hex Code: #c1cbf9 #2cd2ee #e4b4ef #e86ce0 #2b0719

Morning espresso

Hex Codes: #332a1a #7c5b41 #efdcd3 #aa574b #541c13

Jukebox blues

Hex Code: #553f3a #bb2b2a #fff9e9 #ccdee2 #4b9ab4

Rock the casbah

Hex Code: #f7efd8 #f4a24f #c63434 #580f0c #010000

California dreamin

Hex Codes: #b78763 #f6dbbc #f9f7f1 #caede3 #d3b94f

Honey I’m home

Hex Codes: #669fb2 #dadfe1 #e8b877 #dd802c #3e2a20

Let’s go to the arcade

Hex Codes: #f0f14e #6ded8a #1645f5 #ff5f85 #ed3833

Home sweet home

Hex Codes: #282121 #8b5939 #eacc81 #dae0da #a0ddfb

Rodeo drive

Hex Codes: #f4debe #bfa082 #847b45 #4d675a #f5aa5f

Shaka

Hex Codes: #020001 #001c4b #8cbeea #9eb291 #ae9068

Elementary

Hex Codes: #6277bf #cad3ed #ffffff #ff8f8f #e85454

On the telly

Hex Code: #161514 #b85c3c #e5af7d #fff6e9 #9bceb5

Don’t you forget about me

Hex Codes: #ef694d #dddb76 #e4f2ef #388895 #42403f

When designing a vintage style app or graphic, there are some key elements you’ll need to include to secure the look. Those include:

• A scripted or all-caps font
• Angled or curved text
• Faded or worn elements to the container, symbol, or font
• A consistent color palette
• A retro symbol

If you’re looking to capture a sense of adventure, or perhaps a nostalgia for bygone days, a vintage logo is a great way to do just that! We hope these vintage color palettes bring new inspiration to your designs.

If you’re looking for more tips on how to use colors effectively, check out our short 5-minute video below!