2007-01-14 01:41:46 · 17 answers · asked by running 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Other - Visual Arts
The Golden Gate Bridge's paint color is orange vermillion, also called international orange. Architect Irving Morrow selected the color because it blends with the bridge's setting
The bridge was fully painted when it was first built and then touched up for the next 27 years. In 1965, the original paint was removed because of corrosion and replaced with a inorganic zinc silicate primer and an acrylic emulsion top coat, a project that took 30 years. Today, painters touch up the paint continuously.
38 painters work on the bridge, along with 17 ironworkers who replace corroding steel and rivets.
2007-01-14 01:46:37 · answer #1 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This famous bridge isn’t named for its color, but for the entrance to San Francisco Bay, which was dubbed the "Golden Gate" some 150 years ago by prospectors who passed through it on their way to California’s gold fields.
The color, called international orange, was chosen by consulting architect Irving Morrow, who rejected the traditional gray or black in favor of the color he thought best complemented the bridge’s natural setting. The 1965 project to replace all the original lead-based paint (with a non-toxic zinc silicate primer and acrylic emulsion) took 30 years to finish, and touch-up work continues.
When completed in 1937, the Golden Gate was the world’s longest suspension bridge (1.7 miles) and the highest structure west of New York (745 feet). Today people can walk across the east side of the bridge or cycle across the west side during daylight hours.
2007-01-14 01:48:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Orange, as others noted. During the gold rush, which started in 1849, so many ships loaded with people looking for gold came through the entrance to SF Bay, and so many ships went out of the bay with gold in their cargoes, the entrance to SF Bay got the nickname "The Golden Gate".
The entrance was called the "Golden gate" by 1869 at least, and maybe earlier. The bridge was built many years later; they started it in 1939, I believe. The bridge is named after the stretch of water it spans, not what color it is painted. It is painted a color that makes it stand out in the fog, so ships don't hit it.
2007-01-14 01:55:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Red
2007-01-14 01:48:52 · answer #4 · answered by dre_baby84 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Orange
2007-01-14 01:50:34 · answer #5 · answered by Patricia S 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Reddish Bronze
2007-01-14 01:45:19 · answer #6 · answered by bradxschuman 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's an orange-red color.
2007-01-14 10:44:42 · answer #7 · answered by catfan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kind of an orangey red, but then they were doing repairs on it when I saw it 25 years ago LOL.
2007-01-14 01:47:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most people call it "orange".
I've passed under in a sailboat, it's more like a faded red.
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2007-01-14 05:53:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red.
2007-01-14 14:01:21 · answer #10 · answered by No Labels, Just Me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋