Nature's Color Schemes
In the 1970s, because of normal wear some of Mr. Wright's original colors for SAMARA were changed. The most interesting change was made to the color of the fabric on the long, built-in seating against the west, living room wall.
Originally, the present green seating color was turquoise. Perhaps, one could reason that Wright used the turquoise color to echo the eventual robin egg blue to be found in the three dimensional copper fascia that was specified for the lower roof.
But since the fascia had not been applied by the time the built-in coverings were renewed, other colors were used that could be found on the site. Now that SAMARA proudly wears its copper fascia in all of its robin's egg glory, will a future renewal of the seat covering see a return to the original turquoise color?
Frank Lloyd Wright always looked to Nature for answers to these kinds of questions. He also used Nature to provide for the colors in his designs. If he were here today, it would be very interesting to see what colors from the SAMARA palette he would select for renewing worn fabrics.
As Mr. Wright often noted and SAMARA with its color combinations prove, the site is, indeed, better off for the house having been built.