{"id":524,"date":"2010-08-31T09:25:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T09:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=524"},"modified":"2010-08-31T09:27:57","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T09:27:57","slug":"norway-land-of-the-primary-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norway-land-of-the-primary-colors\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway-Land of the Red, Yellow, and White Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bergen<\/p><\/div>\n

As I was walking to Troms\u00f8 sentrum yesterday, my eyes were drawn to the red and yellow everywhere. \u00a0Red, yellow, and actually white-3 colors that one sees a lot of in every village, town, and city. \u00a0White is the most popular color for houses, but the red and yellow come in second forsure. \u00a0You rarely ever see a brown, tan, or gray house like you do everywhere in the U.S. (especially in suburbs).<\/p>\n

I\u00b4m not really sure why the colors that are more popular in the U.S. aren\u00b4t found in the Norwegian residential landscape, but I do have speculations about the abundance of red, yellow, and white. \u00a0I was talking to a friend yesterday who is a tourist guide here in Troms\u00f8 and I asked him if he knew the answer to my question. \u00a0Sure enough, he knew at least part of the reason for the presence of these colors. \u00a0 A glimpse back into history…<\/p>\n

The color that homeowners would choose to paint their houses depended heavily on their financial situation, their geographic location, and their profession. \u00a0The resources used to make certain colors were of varying worth and again were dependent on location and access to resources.<\/p>\n

Red, the cheapest color to produce, was made using the blood and oil from fish and other animals. \u00a0So, if you lived by the coast and were a fisherman, you probably didn\u00b4t have a lot of money and there you have it-a red house. \u00a0Yellow paint, according to my tour guide friend, was, slightly more expensive, and was made with ochre and oil. \u00a0White was the classiest color of all. \u00a0In order to make white paint way back when, you needed zinc, which was quite expensive. \u00a0Therefore, if you had a white house, you showed your neighbors that you had money. \u00a0It was common for people who lived on the coast to paint the side of the house facing the water white and the other 3 sides red, for example. \u00a0Seems silly, but I suppose it\u00b4s not much different than people today who drive fancy cars and have crappy houses, or who have nice looking houses on the outside and are repulsive on the inside. \u00a0People in general, at least in the western world, are very concerned with the image they portray to the world.<\/p>\n

History or not, I love looking out over a span of Norwegian houses. \u00a0I think red, yellow, and blue are great colors to paint a house. \u00a0They are never boring, they are very different from one another, and they make me happy when I look at them. \u00a0I personally think of love (rather than blood…), the sun, and the ocean. \u00a0All very happy things! \u00a0Not such a huge fan of white, but if the design is unique, then it can be absolutely beautiful!<\/p>\n

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Oslo om vinteren<\/p><\/div>\n

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As I was walking to Troms\u00f8 sentrum yesterday, my eyes were drawn to the red and yellow everywhere. \u00a0Red, yellow, and actually white-3 colors that one sees a lot of in every village, town, and city. \u00a0White is the most popular color for houses, but the red and yellow come in second forsure. \u00a0You rarely…<\/p>\n

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