A Journey Around the Skull, which inspired a previous post, recommended checking out the textile blog Dots and Lines are Just Fine, and though just getting started with their collection, they still had plenty of inspiring palettes.

Inspired by this post I went looking for other examples of Russian color & design and came across this site.

"Most posters in our collection are originals, acquired in Russia in the 80's, political posters, made in the period 1950 - 1990, published with the supervision of the Communist Party, and were designed to make people work harder, be better communists and good patriots. Please be careful, most of these posters contain ruthless propaganda. Let's take them as historical artefacts..."

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Highlights from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's collection of Japanese postcards from the early 1900's.

Book Worship, as the blog's creator Shawn Hazen puts it, "represents the obsessions of an atypical book collector."

Here, for your color inspiration is a selection from the site's collection of "graphically interesting, but otherwise uncollectible, books that entered and exited bookstores quietly in the 50s, 60s, and 70s."

Thanks to Focht for sharing this great set of matchbooks filled with inspiring colors. You can see the complete sets here, here and here.

From ultimate luxury to utilitarian dream to an example of excess and modern inefficiencies, the automobile has had a long history that is reflected in the color and design of the advertising developed for the industry over the years.

Here is a selection of vintage car ads for your color inspiration.

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An inspiring set of typewriter ribbon tins courtesy of UPPERCASE Gallery.

Sea-Monkeys, "X-Ray" Vision, Monsters from Outer Space! These classic comic book ads are as much of a part of comic culture as the books themselves. Here's a selection of ads from the Classic Ad section. The complete collection can be found at Classic Comic Book Ads.

Here's an interesting set of advertising from the 50's, 60's and 70's from flickr user Pink Ponk. The collection is home to a great juxtaposition of American and Japanese commercial design and illustration styles from the time period.