SAMARA Dominant Color Scheme
Cherokee red concrete
Bluish-green copper patina roof fascia
The final dominant color scheme designated for SAMARA was unusually brighter with increased intensity. The original scheme featured two prominent colors - Cherokee red and bluish-green copper patina - both favorites of Frank Lloyd Wright.
This distinctive color combination, apparent in the SAMARA concrete floors, turquoise-colored fabrics, and the weathered copper roof fascia tied the inside and outside of the house together, a hall mark of Wright's Usonian architectural style.
In specifying this original color scheme, the turquoise color inside matches very closely the copper patina color on the aged copper of the roof fascia outside that Mr. Wright designed for SAMARA.
A special turquoise-colored fabric was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954 for Schumacher Company in Chicago. In his original SAMARA (1954) design, Wright specified the turquoise fabrics for the long built-in seat in the living room and some of the drapes in the bedroom wing and for cushions on the dining room chairs.