Shame about the pink and lilac..
Practical answer may be to look at the pigments available during the era and their cost. Raw or Burned sienna/umber would have been cheap enough. lead/tin yellow or for the really wealthier owner perhaps a purple.

A chestnut and light brown combo might be quite tasteful

pgk

Black and blue or a two tone blue can look good as DocG's 10V below. I also quite like the much lighter colours such as pale green or pale blue, even an off white /cream can look good, have a look through this album of mine for a few choices

Here is my ST#1 in cream and chocolate brown. (What looks like white in the picture is actually a light cream, further pics in my album.)

Edited By John Purdy on 21/09/2021 17:52:14

Hi Kevin this is my colour scheme.

David

Hi it's a can of aerosol Halfords enamel engine blue. On sapele wood base.

David

Edited By David George 1 on 22/09/2021 19:34:27

I was going to suggest cream. Anything between maroon and crimson looks good.

Brighter greens lined with white and or black can look good.