Shades of the White City

Early Arab style - well houses

Examining the shades of the walls on the facades of the well houses in Jaffa, there is a record of 4 houses. From the research it appears that in the early Arab style four tones were used.

The international style

Examining the shades of the main walls on the facades of the international style, there is a record of 30 houses: four in Jaffa, six in the Florentin-Elektric-Labontin area and 20 buildings in the White City. From the research it appears that in the international style a relatively limited number of shades were used which can be organized according to the following segmentation: the most common colors were gray and cream/beige which make up a little more than 80% of the houses. The buildings surveyed were all built in the 1930s to the early 1940s. A little more than half of the international style buildings were painted in a cream shade.

Art Deco style

Examining the shades of the main walls in the facades of the Art Deco style, there is a record of 4 houses: one building in Jaffa, and four buildings in the center of Tel Aviv. The art deco style in Tel Aviv Jaffa is a stylistic transition point between the eclectic period and the period of the international style, and as such, some of the buildings on the list were designed in a certain style but also received features from the art deco style.

The early eclectic style

Examining the colors of the walls on the facades of the early eclectic style, there is documentation of 8 houses: two in Jaffa, six in Neve Tzedek and two in Hazut Beit 37. From the research it appears that in the early eclectic style several shades were used: the most common color was the cream, followed by the ocher, and evidence of the structure was also found which is painted in antique red and has a gray structure.

The eclectic style

Examining the shades of the main walls on the facades of the eclectic style, there is a record of 34 houses: one in Jaffa, three in Neve Tzedek, eight in the Beit 38 estate, seven in Nachalat Binyamin, six in the Anshi Torah compound and nine in the city center. From the research it appears that in the eclectic style a wide number of shades were used which can be organized according to the following segmentation: the most common colors were gray and cream which make up a little more than half of the houses.

The Templar style

Examining the shades of the walls on the facades of the Templar style, there is a record of 9 houses, two in Jaffa and seven in Sharon. The research shows that several shades were used in the Templar style, the most common color was gray, followed by cream, and a single piece of evidence was found for a structure painted in ancient red.