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I was honestly expecting a story similar to why barns are red.

• felipemnoa 8y ago
  My totally uninformed, off the cuff guess: because red was/is the cheapest paint color you could get.
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  • presidentender 8y ago
    It happens that linseed oil and rust, which make for cheap rot prevention and waterproofing, stains the wood red. You're basically correct.
    • blattimwind 8y ago
      (Falun red. The pigment, and main ingredient apart from flour and linseed oil, is basically garbage from a copper mine.)