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I saw so many beautiful green doors while walking the Camino, I ended up with a collection of photos of them. Some are gradually disintegrating, some are repeatedly patched, some are lovingly restored and maintained. They are on houses, barns, fences, churches and horreos. Some are barely held together by scraps with the only purpose of keeping animals in or people out. Others invite you through a gate or into a home.
Mostly green (or.... is it that I started looking for green doors, so that is what I saw?). I am curious if anyone here knows how this trend may have begun; painting doors green.
That being said, I don't know why barns in America are painted that specific rusty red color.
I often wonder why Dr Who's Tardis is painted blue
At the Today I Found Out website is the page "Why are Barns Traditionally Painted Red?"I don't know why barns in America are painted that specific rusty red color.
The Tardis is the colour of the old police telephone boxes in England. It IS an old police box.I often wonder why Dr Who's Tardis is painted blue
Seriously though , they do look good , I noticed the same continuity myself , they emit a peaceful and welcoming aura .
The door to my farm house is also green .View attachment 37053
I saw so many beautiful green doors while walking the Camino, I ended up with a collection of photos of them. Some are gradually disintegrating, some are repeatedly patched, some are lovingly restored and maintained. They are on houses, barns, fences, churches and horreos. Some are barely held together by scraps with the only purpose of keeping animals in or people out. Others invite you through a gate or into a home.
Mostly green (or.... is it that I started looking for green doors, so that is what I saw?). I am curious if anyone here knows how this trend may have begun; painting doors green.
That being said, I don't know why barns in America are painted that specific rusty red color.
I found the doors in Spain intriguing and fascinating. I took pictures of doors all the way from St. Jean to Santiago and they came in all different shapes and colors, some ornate and some plain, some handcarved, some with great detailed hardware, etc. I hope to put together a book of the doors of the camino some day from all of the photos that I took.I saw so many beautiful green doors while walking the Camino, I ended up with a collection of photos of them. Some are gradually disintegrating, some are repeatedly patched, some are lovingly restored and maintained. They are on houses, barns, fences, churches and horreos. Some are barely held together by scraps with the only purpose of keeping animals in or people out. Others invite you through a gate or into a home.
Mostly green (or.... is it that I started looking for green doors, so that is what I saw?). I am curious if anyone here knows how this trend may have begun; painting doors green.
That being said, I don't know why barns in America are painted that specific rusty red color.
I found the doors in Spain intriguing and fascinating. I took pictures of doors all the way from St. Jean to Santiago and they came in all different shapes and colors, some ornate and some plain, some handcarved, some with great detailed hardware, etc. I hope to put together a book of the doors of the camino some day from all of the photos that I took.
I saw so many beautiful green doors while walking the Camino, I ended up with a collection of photos of them. Some are gradually disintegrating, some are repeatedly patched, some are lovingly restored and maintained. They are on houses, barns, fences, churches and horreos. Some are barely held together by scraps with the only purpose of keeping animals in or people out. Others invite you through a gate or into a home.
Mostly green (or.... is it that I started looking for green doors, so that is what I saw?). I am curious if anyone here knows how this trend may have begun; painting doors green.
That being said, I don't know why barns in America are painted that specific rusty red color.
Where did you see so many green doors in Spain ?.
The traditional colour for doors in rural Galicia has been brown.
Spain is so diverse that maybe in another region could be green, but I really don´t know where.
I love this thread. I love all things green though. Lime lifesavers, kiwi fruit, spinach, trees, green is just an amazing color.
I love doors too. What is going on behind them? The personality behind them is wonderful. Above, the two people talking and slightly bent over with canes with that last door backdrop is such a great photo.
View attachment 37092 @JillGat the other day I did a quick watercolour of one of my door pictures - looks like it had caught your eye too!
(ignore my incorrect proportions!!)
Loved the doors all along the Camino.I saw so many beautiful green doors while walking the Camino, I ended up with a collection of photos of them. Some are gradually disintegrating, some are repeatedly patched, some are lovingly restored and maintained. They are on houses, barns, fences, churches and horreos. Some are barely held together by scraps with the only purpose of keeping animals in or people out. Others invite you through a gate or into a home.
Mostly green (or.... is it that I started looking for green doors, so that is what I saw?). I am curious if anyone here knows how this trend may have begun; painting doors green.
That being said, I don't know why barns in America are painted that specific rusty red color.
So do I, I love my photos of old doors on the Camino.I have dozens of pictures of green doors in Galicia. I agree that, once you start looking for something, you find it. We go through life with filters like this about many things.
This is so funny. I have several of these SAME doors photographed.
And there I was imagining something more profound. A while ago on a trip home to Hawai'i, I had read and loved this article with a story wrapped around window colors in Brittany, and that colored my thoughts.Here in Castilla-Leon there are so many green and blue and brown doors, because those are the paint colors that are sold pre-mixed. They are cheap and widely available in any hardware store. You want something else, you have to pay extra for it.
A few years ago, a friend and I had the pleasure of visiting Ireland. We noticed the many splendidly coloured doors. One of our guides told us that upon the untimely death of her much loved husband, a certain English queen ruled that all the front doors in her realm be painted black. The result was the brightly coloured doors we see today...... Ireland has the same colourful doors and painted shop facades as in Spain...
I saw so many beautiful green doors while walking the Camino, I ended up with a collection of photos of them. Some are gradually disintegrating, some are repeatedly patched, some are lovingly restored and maintained. They are on houses, barns, fences, churches and horreos. Some are barely held together by scraps with the only purpose of keeping animals in or people out. Others invite you through a gate or into a home.
Mostly green (or.... is it that I started looking for green doors, so that is what I saw?). I am curious if anyone here knows how this trend may have begun; painting doors green.
That being said, I don't know why barns in America are painted that specific rusty red color.
Don't know about the green doors but the reason barns in America are that red color is because mixing iron oxide with linseed oil for paint coloring was a common practice. This made the red color.So do I, I love my photos of old doors on the Camino.
me too me too! i photographed this same fascinating door in Estella, just across the way from the Cathedral.
Never take the word of anybody who has kissed the Blarney Stone!A few years ago, a friend and I had the pleasure of visiting Ireland. We noticed the many splendidly coloured doors. One of our guides told us that upon the untimely death of her much loved husband, a certain English queen ruled that all the front doors in her realm be painted black. The result was the brightly coloured doors we see today.
Some people do like a good story.
Below: Some Irish doors.
View attachment 37126 View attachment 37127
And that's why you see a lot of grey in naval dockyards . . .They had a sale on paint. There was more green than other colours.
Never take the word of anybody who has kissed the Blarney Stone!
Me thinks your cousin is having you on.In a lot of fishing villages the front doors are the same colour as the houseowner's fishing boat. My cousin was told that this was so that, if a boat drifted away, it would be easy to find the owner. She still half believes it!
Yes, I figured that out early on!
Me thinks your cousin is having you on.
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