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Stumped by 1880's color
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Jetrock</i> <br /><br />The problem is, if the dirt is "Earth" color, why paint a wooden building the same color? Sure, maybe you don't want to use Day-Glo, but something should differentiate it from the landscape, especially if it's going to be something that is the focal point of an 1880's town--and in small towns, the railroad station was the focal point! Sure, an old shed or barn might go without paint, but the railroad station never--and in either the railroad's official paint scheme or just as colorful as possible! <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I have a freight house that is typical of several of my structures, I give them a base coat of Earth and the windows are trimmed in Green as well as the doors. This I consider my colors. You can see in my sig <br /> <br />I usually use Earth and Green and go from there. Each structure gets a little bit of individuality but nothing too wild. <br /> <br />I wanted to thank you for your very insightful post and it provided me some "lessons" <br /> <br />I dont want to take anything away from this wonderful thread... one more thing I like to add. <br /> <br />Red paint was easiest to make and cheapest too. I think reason for why many barns were red in the day. Keep in mind that pigments came from nature for the paints they used in the late 1800's. There was a little color, possibly the complete basic (Rainbow) of colors and a little creativity. <br /> <br />I reach back to my seafaring history and recall that there were many colors in the mid 1800's so, my two cents is this: If you like it use it. <br /> <br />An example was red in seagoing warships. They would paint the interior of the gundeck so human wreckage would not bend the mind's eye from the duty that must be done in what must have been a slaughter house at times.
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