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Why are barns painted red?

  • Written by Thomas Durant Visser, Professor of Historic Preservation, University of Vermont
Why are barns painted red?A dairy barn in Waitsfield, Vermont, built circa 1890.Thomas Visser, CC BY-NDWhy are barns painted red?

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Why are barns painted red? – Elijah B., age 13, Waverly, Tennessee

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