Why is a barn red?

Answer 1

It's possibly due to the inexpensiveness of red paint, and just became a traditional thing:

>>Many barns in the northern United States are painted red with a white trim. One possible reason for this is that ferric oxide, which is used to create red paint, was the cheapest and most readily available chemical for farmers in New England and nearby areas.<<

Answer 2

There are a lot of thoughts on it. One of them is that red was the cheapest paint.

Farmers made the paint themselves -- skim milk, lime, linseed oil, and iron oxide, better known as rust. The red was the result of the rust. It coated the lumber on the barns and wore well. When more colors of paint became available, farmers stuck with the red, more out of entropy than anything else.

Answer 3

the sand they put in the paint a long time ago was a red clay base. mixing this would put a sealer on the barn and was the dark red. now i think people are just trying to stay in the past with color

Answer 4

It helped to beable to see it. and it also showed that the farmer had some money, to beable to pay for the paint. But not all barns are red. Most are brown wood and you just cant tell and they look red. People can paint their stuff whatever they want.

Answer 5

back in the day red paint was the cheapest kinda paint and being that barns were so big red paint was the easiest to paint it with.

Answer 6

Because who the hell ever heard of a blue barn?

Answer 7

To be seen by small aircraft, barns back when used to be in wide open pasture and the pilots knew it was safe for them to land... in a wide open field.

Answer 8

Red paint used to be the cheapest

Answer 9

What a good question, I really never thought of that.. I wish I knew the answer : p

Answer 10

so the farmer can find it, and it looks good, do you think it would be wise to have a blue or yellow one? or a black aand white "cow-like" pattern haha, im bored