Date: Wed Oct 6 14:51:52 1999
Posted By: Jack Paxton, Faculty Crop Science Emeritus, University of Illinois
Area of science: Agricultural Sciences
ID: 934321397.Ag
Message:
In our area most barns are brown if wood or white if metal. Barns are red
I suppose because iron oxide was a cheap pigment to protect wood from
weathering. Many components go into the paint used to protect wood and red
doesn't have any special significance except it contrasts nicely with
green!
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