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Why are barns in the United States often red? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by bayport@yall.theatl.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Squids@sopuli.xyz 58 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Idk if this is true for the US but where I live in Scandinavia red is a common house colour because historically it was a cheap colour you could get from mixing red ochre and oil, so red barns aren't uncommon. Then again the US midwest does have a lot of Scandinavian immigrants so it might've bled over culturally because there's lot of farms up there?

[–] bayport@yall.theatl.social 3 points 1 year ago

That’s a pretty good hypothesis 🤔

[–] Rococosocialist@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Red is the traditional color of painted wooden structures pretty much everywhere, think of Chinese temples for example. Black tar is another common one. Cave paintings typically used red too.