Colorchallenge Monday Red- The barn

in colorchallenge •  7 years ago 

Most old barns are colored red. I wonder why? So red that they even pop up when not expecting them to. Like trying to capture nice photos of your kids.

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That's one high end Red Barn, nice pics

Hundreds of years ago, many farmers would seal their barns with linseed oil, which is an orange-colored oil derived from the seeds of the flax plant. To this oil, they would add a variety of things, most often milk and lime, but also ferrous oxide, or rust. ... It turned the mixture red in color.

Very interesting. I did not know that. Its high end because it is a public animal farm in one of our parks.