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174 cities and regions known for a colour: blue Jodhpur, pink Jaipur, red Marrakech, white Santorini. And 321 more places that gave a colour its name or its material.

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ The Blue CityJodhpurOld-city houses washed in blue crowd the foot of Mehrangarh Fort, on the edge of the Thar Desert.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ The Pink CityJaipurThe walled city wears a dusty terracotta pink, first painted on for a royal visit in 1876 and kept ever since.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ The White CityUdaipurWhite palaces and whitewashed houses stand around lakes in the Aravalli hills of southern Rajasthan.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ The Golden CityJaisalmerA fort and town built of yellow sandstone that glows like honey at sunset, deep in the Thar Desert.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ City of saffron and lightVaranasiSaffron robes, marigold garlands and oil lamps colour the river steps of one of the oldest living cities.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Town of Holi coloursVrindavanFor Holi the temple town of Krishna's childhood fills with clouds of pink, yellow and green powder.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Birthplace of Krishna, home of HoliMathuraKrishna's birthplace celebrates Holi for more than a week, with processions, music and coloured powder.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ The yellow French quarterPondicherryThe old French quarter by the sea is painted mustard yellow with white trim, shaded by bougainvillea.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Yellow taxis, red and white sarisKolkataYellow Ambassador taxis, red-brick colonial offices and white saris with red borders mark Bengal's capital.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ City of the kaali-peeliMumbaiBlack-and-yellow taxis, known as kaali-peeli, are the moving colour of India's largest city.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Kolam white and Madras checksChennaiWhite kolam drawings at each doorstep, yellow autorickshaws, red colonial brick and painted temple towers.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ City of painted temple towersMaduraiThe towers of the Meenakshi temple carry thousands of painted figures; jasmine sellers add white below.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Ruins among golden bouldersHampiThe ruined capital of Vijayanagara lies among heaps of ochre granite boulders and bright green paddy.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ The open-air gallery of RajasthanShekhawatiMerchant mansions in the towns of north Rajasthan are covered inside and out with painted murals.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Land of mirror work and white desertKutchEmbroidery, tie-dye and block print in deep red and indigo, set against the white salt of the Rann.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Town of mud-resist block printBagruA small town near Jaipur where the Chhipa community prints cotton by hand in indigo, black and red.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Fine florals on whiteSanganerA printing town on the edge of Jaipur, known for delicate flower motifs on a white ground.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ The silk cityKanchipuramA temple town in Tamil Nadu whose heavy silk saris pair strong body colours with contrasting gold borders.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Red earth and a golden sphereAurovilleAn experimental township on red earth near Pondicherry, centred on the golden globe of the Matrimandir.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ City of the Golden TempleAmritsarThe gilded shrine of Harmandir Sahib shines over its pool, ringed by white marble and saffron turbans.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Prayer flags over a high desertLehStrings of five-coloured prayer flags and white stupas stand out against the brown mountains of Ladakh.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Goa's Latin QuarterFontainhasA small quarter of Panaji where Portuguese-era houses are painted yellow, blue and red with white trim.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ City of the Taj MahalAgraThe white marble of the Taj Mahal shifts from pink at dawn to gold at dusk, beside forts of red sandstone.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Akbar's red sandstone cityFatehpur SikriA Mughal capital built in one red stone in the 1570s and left by the court only a few years later.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Capital in red sandstoneDelhiFrom the Qutb Minar to the Red Fort to the government buildings, Delhi's monuments share one red stone.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ The Orange CityNagpurA city in central India named for a fruit: the loose-skinned Nagpur orange grown in the country around it.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ The saffron town of KashmirPamporeFor a few weeks each autumn the fields near Srinagar turn purple with the crocus that gives saffron.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Ikat weaving townPochampallyA weaving town in Telangana whose saris carry bold geometric ikat patterns with softly blurred edges.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Toy town of KarnatakaChannapatnaA town between Bengaluru and Mysuru that turns soft wood into toys coated in glossy coloured lacquer.๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ City of the Red MosqueColomboIn the crowded Pettah market a mosque striped and checked in red and white stands out on every side.๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ The white fort townGalleA walled colonial town on Sri Lanka's south coast, with white churches, a white lighthouse and ochre villas.๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Valley of white fortresses and red chilliesParoWhite-walled monasteries with a red band under the roof stand above rice fields in a Himalayan valley.๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Capital in white, red and goldThimphuBhutan's capital keeps its buildings in traditional white, dark red and gold, with painted woodwork.๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Brick red and prayer flagsKathmanduRed-brick temples with carved dark wood, white stupas hung with prayer flags, and marigolds at festival time.๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Rickshaw art capitalDhakaHundreds of thousands of cycle rickshaws carry hand-painted panels of film stars, birds and flowers.๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ City of saints and blue tilesMultanBrick shrines of Sufi saints are banded with blue, turquoise and white tiles, a craft still alive in the city.๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ The white and red palaceLhasaThe Potala Palace rises in white and dark red above the city; gilded roofs and prayer flags surround it.๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ The Forbidden CityBeijingRed walls and yellow glazed roofs mark the old imperial palace; the lanes around it are grey brick.๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ The rainbow mountains of GansuZhangye DanxiaStriped hills of red, orange, yellow and pale green sandstone in the dry north-west of China.๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต City of vermilion gatesKyotoThousands of vermilion torii gates climb the hill behind Fushimi Inari shrine in Japan's old capital.๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Vermilion shrine and black inkNaraJapan's eighth-century capital, with a vermilion shrine in the forest and a long tradition of black ink.๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Seoul's village of grey tiled roofsBukchonA hillside quarter of traditional Korean houses with dark grey tiled roofs, between two royal palaces.๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Busan's pastel hillsideGamcheonA steep neighbourhood of small box-like houses painted in pastels, turned into an art village in 2009.๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Red lanterns on a gold-mining hillJiufenA hillside town in northern Taiwan where rows of red lanterns light steep stairways lined with teahouses.๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ The yellow townHoi AnAn old trading port in central Vietnam whose shophouses are washed in yellow and hung with silk lanterns.๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ The purple imperial cityHueVietnam's last royal capital: a walled palace of red lacquer and yellow tiles, and a city fond of purple.๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Town of saffron robesLuang PrabangAt dawn lines of monks in orange robes walk the streets of the old Lao royal capital to receive alms.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Plain of brick templesBaganMore than two thousand red-brick temples and stupas are scattered over a dry plain beside the Irrawaddy.๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ White temple, blue templeChiang RaiA northern Thai city known for a modern temple in pure white and mirror, and another in deep blue.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ The Red SquareMelakaThe old Dutch town hall, church and clock tower of this Malaysian port are all painted one terracotta red.๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore's Peranakan pastelsJoo ChiatRows of early 20th-century shophouses in soft pink, mint and blue, trimmed with plaster flowers and tiles.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Home of court batikYogyakartaThe royal city of central Java, whose classic batik is drawn in brown, indigo and white.๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ City of blue domesSamarkandRibbed turquoise domes and tiled gateways in every shade of blue rise over an old Silk Road capital.๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ The sand-coloured holy cityBukharaAn oasis city of pale brick, where patterned brickwork does the work of colour and blue domes are accents.๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mud walls and a turquoise towerKhivaA walled desert town where a short, fat minaret wrapped in blue-green tile stands over clay-coloured lanes.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Half the world, in turquoiseIsfahanSafavid mosques around a vast square are covered inside and out with turquoise and deep blue tiles.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท The mud-brick desert cityYazdAn earth-coloured city of domes and wind towers in central Iran, with one tall gateway of blue tile.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท The village carved in grey conesKandovanA village in north-west Iran where homes are hollowed out of pale cone-shaped rocks of volcanic ash.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท City of the Pink MosqueShirazA mosque tiled in pink roses, where morning sun through coloured glass paints the carpets.๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด The rose-red cityPetraTombs and temples cut straight into cliffs of red, pink and banded sandstone in southern Jordan.๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Birthplace of Tyrian purpleTyreThe Phoenician port that gave its name to the costliest dye of the ancient world, made from sea snails.๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง City of the murex hillSidonA Phoenician port whose purple dye trade left behind a whole hill of crushed sea-snail shells.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ City of golden stoneJerusalemOld and new buildings alike are faced in pale limestone that turns gold in the evening light.๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช The gingerbread citySana'aTower houses of brown brick, each window and floor outlined in white gypsum like icing.๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Istanbul's painted old quarterBalatSteep cobbled lanes on the Golden Horn lined with narrow bay-windowed houses in red, yellow, blue and green.๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท The saffron townSafranboluAn Ottoman town named after saffron, with white timber-framed houses under red tiled roofs.๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท The cotton castlePamukkaleA hillside of white mineral terraces holding pale blue pools, formed by hot springs in western Turkey.๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ The Pink CityYerevanArmenia's capital is built of volcanic stone in shades of pink, rose and orange.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ The Blue PearlChefchaouenA mountain town in northern Morocco whose lanes, steps and doors are washed in many shades of blue.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ The Red CityMarrakechWalls of red earth ring the old city, and building rules keep new streets in the same warm pink-red.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Dye vats and Fez blueFezA medieval city with open-air leather dye pits like a paintbox, and pottery painted in cobalt blue.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ The red earth fortress villageAรฏt BenhaddouA fortified village of red-brown earth climbing a hill on the old caravan road south of the Atlas.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ White walls, painted muralsAsilahA whitewashed Atlantic town where artists paint new murals on the medina walls each summer.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Blue boats and white wallsEssaouiraA windy Atlantic port of white houses with blue shutters, and a harbour packed with blue fishing boats.๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ The blue and white villageSidi Bou SaidA clifftop village near Tunis where every house is white and every door, grille and shutter is blue.๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Pastel cubes of the M'zabGhardaรฏaA Saharan hill town of flat-roofed houses in sand pink, ochre and pale blue, crowned by one plain minaret.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ City of the great mud mosqueDjennรฉA town of sun-dried mud brick in Mali, centred on the largest earthen building in the world.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sand-coloured city of scholarsTimbuktuEarthen mosques the colour of the desert, and the deep indigo veils of the Tuareg.๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ The painted royal courtTiรฉbรฉlรฉEarthen houses of the Kassena people, covered by women with geometric patterns in red, black and white.๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Island town of ochre balconiesSaint-LouisA colonial island town at the mouth of the Senegal river, with ochre houses and brightly painted fishing boats.๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ The Pink LakeLake RetbaA very salty lagoon near Dakar that can turn pink, where workers gather salt from the lake bed by hand.๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Accra's old harbour quarterJamestownA red-and-white lighthouse, painted fishing canoes and street murals in the oldest part of Accra.๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Home of kente clothBonwireA weaving village near Kumasi where narrow strips of kente are woven in gold, green, red and black.๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ City of the indigo dye pitsKanoAn old Hausa trading city in northern Nigeria where cloth is still dyed in deep outdoor pits of indigo.๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Capital of adireAbeokutaA Yoruba city in south-west Nigeria famous for adire, cotton patterned in white on deep indigo blue.๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Churches cut from red rockLalibelaEleven medieval churches carved downward into reddish volcanic rock, visited by pilgrims wrapped in white.๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น The painted walled cityHararBehind old stone walls, the alleys and house fronts of this Ethiopian city are painted in bright pastels.๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช White coral-stone Swahili townLamuA Swahili island town of whitewashed coral-stone houses, carved doors and wooden sailing dhows.๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Zanzibar's coral-stone cityStone TownThe old quarter of Zanzibar City: pale, weathered coral-stone houses, great carved doors and bright kanga cloth.๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Cape Town's bright hillside quarterBo-KaapRows of flat-fronted houses in lime, pink, blue and yellow on cobbled streets below Signal Hill.๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Painted homesteads of MpumalangaNdebele villagesHomes of the Southern Ndebele, painted by women with bold geometric shapes outlined in black.๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ The red dunes of the NamibSossusvleiSome of the tallest sand dunes on earth, coloured orange-red by iron, around white clay pans.๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท White houses, blue domes of SantoriniOiaA village on the rim of a drowned volcano, with whitewashed houses and blue-domed churches above the sea.๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ The Smurf villageJรบzcarA white Andalusian village painted entirely blue for a film launch in 2011, which then voted to stay blue.๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ White walls and albero yellowSevilleWhitewashed houses edged in golden yellow, bitter orange trees along the streets and tiled squares.๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ City of flowered patiosCรณrdobaWhite courtyards hung with blue pots of red geraniums, and a great mosque of red-and-white striped arches.๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ The red fortress of the AlhambraGranadaA palace-fortress of reddish earth walls on a hill, facing a white quarter and snowy mountains.๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น City of tiles and yellow tramsLisbonHouse fronts covered in patterned glazed tiles, yellow trams on steep hills and pavements of white stone.๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Blue-and-white tiled churchesPortoGranite churches and a railway station clad in huge blue-and-white tile pictures, above a riverside of coloured houses.๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Painted boats on the canalsAveiroA lagoon town of canals, where high-prowed boats carry bright hand-painted panels, and salt is piled in white heaps.๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น The striped housesCosta NovaA beach village near Aveiro whose wooden houses are painted in bold vertical stripes on white.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น The island of painted housesBuranoA fishing island in the Venetian lagoon where each small house is a different strong colour.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Pastel harbour of the Bay of NaplesProcidaA small island where fishermen's houses in sun-faded pink, yellow and blue are stacked above the harbour.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Five pastel villages on a cliff coastCinque TerreTall houses in ochre, pink and yellow crowd tiny harbours below terraced vineyards on the Italian Riviera.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น La Rossa, the red oneBolognaA city of red brick towers, terracotta roofs and miles of arcades in red, orange and ochre.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น The city that named a colourSienaA Tuscan hill city of warm brown brick, and the source of the earth pigment called sienna.๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Painted half-timbered AlsaceColmarTimber-framed houses in pink, yellow, blue and green lean over small canals in eastern France.๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท The lemon townMentonThe last French town before Italy, with an old quarter in ochre and yellow and a famous lemon festival.๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท La Ville RoseToulouseThe pink city of south-west France, built of flat rosy bricks, once rich on a blue dye plant.๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท The ochre villageRoussillonA Provenรงal hill village built on, and painted with, cliffs of red, orange and yellow ochre.๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Home of Delft blueDelftA Dutch canal town whose potters made blue-and-white ware famous across Europe from the 17th century.๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Orange on King's DayAmsterdamOnce a year the brick-and-water city turns entirely orange for the King's birthday.๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ The green wooden villageZaanse SchansWooden houses and windmills painted dark green with white trim, on a river north of Amsterdam.๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Copenhagen's coloured quayNyhavnA 17th-century canal lined with tall townhouses in yellow, red, orange and blue, and old wooden ships.๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Bergen's Hanseatic wharfBryggenA row of pointed wooden warehouses in red, ochre and white along the harbour of Bergen.๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด The colour-planned Arctic townLongyearbyenOne of the world's most northerly towns, where rows of houses follow a designed scheme of warm colours.๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Red cabins of LofotenReineA fishing village in the Lofoten islands where red cabins on stilts stand below sharp grey peaks.๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Stockholm's ochre old townGamla StanThe medieval island at the centre of Stockholm, with tall narrow houses in yellow ochre, orange and deep red.๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Source of Falu redFalunA Swedish mining town whose copper mine gave the dark red paint seen on wooden houses across the country.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Painted iron housesReykjavรญkIceland's capital of small houses clad in corrugated iron, painted in bright colours under a grey sky.๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง The painted harbour of MullTobermoryA curve of red, yellow, blue and pink buildings along the harbour of a small Scottish island town.๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง A pastel Italian fantasy in WalesPortmeirionA holiday village built by one architect over fifty years, in the colours of the Italian Riviera.๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Coloured terraces and Bristol blueBristolHillside terraces painted in a row of different colours, street art, and a deep blue glass named after the city.๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง London's pastel terracesNotting HillVictorian terraces painted pink, blue, yellow and lilac, and a summer carnival of feathers and sequins.๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland's painted harbour townKinsaleA harbour town in County Cork whose narrow streets are lined with shops painted in strong, cheerful colours.๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Painted market squareWrocล‚awOne of Europe's largest market squares, ringed by tall gabled townhouses each in a different colour.๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ The merchants' coloured housesPoznaล„A row of narrow arcaded houses in bright colours beside a Renaissance town hall on the old market square.๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Red roofs and pastel merchants' housesTallinnA walled medieval town on the Baltic with cone-roofed towers, red tiles and soft-coloured house fronts.๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Art Nouveau in pastelRigaA Baltic capital with hundreds of Art Nouveau buildings, their fronts in blue, cream and yellow with sculpted faces.๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ The Golden City of red roofsPragueA sea of red tiled roofs, blackened stone towers and Baroque fronts in ochre, pink and green.๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Painted tower above red roofsฤŒeskรฝ KrumlovA small Bohemian town in a river loop, with red roofs and a castle tower painted pink, green and yellow.๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Pastel citadel of TransylvaniaSighiศ™oaraA small walled hill town of cobbled lanes and houses in ochre, green, pink and blue.๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ The repainted capitalTiranaGrey communist-era apartment blocks were painted in bold colours and patterns from the year 2000.๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Terracotta roofs inside white wallsDubrovnikA walled city of pale stone on the Adriatic, covered by a tight field of orange roof tiles.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Orange roofs under grey mountainsKotorA small walled town at the head of a deep bay, its orange roofs pressed against bare grey cliffs.๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Red Rock CountrySedonaA small Arizona city ringed by towers and cliffs of red sandstone, with rules that keep buildings muted.๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The adobe citySanta FeNew Mexico's capital, where a city rule keeps buildings in earth-coloured adobe style with turquoise trim.๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Art Deco pastelsMiami BeachHundreds of 1930s hotels in pink, mint, aqua and peach line the streets behind the beach, with neon at night.๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Purple, green and goldNew OrleansA city of brightly painted cottages and iron balconies, dressed in purple, green and gold each carnival.๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Rainbow RowCharlestonThirteen Georgian merchants' houses in a row, each a different pastel, on the waterfront of a southern port.๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Painted Ladies and International OrangeSan FranciscoA red-orange bridge chosen to show through fog, and Victorian wooden houses painted in three or more colours.๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ City of yellow cabsNew YorkYellow taxis thread streets of brown stone, grey steel and glass; a green statue stands in the harbour.๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Jellybean RowSt. John'sWooden row houses in red, yellow, blue and green climb the hills above a foggy North Atlantic harbour.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ The Yellow CityIzamalA town in Yucatรกn where the convent, the arcades and nearly every house are painted the same egg-yolk yellow.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ A ravine full of coloured housesGuanajuatoA silver-mining city wedged in a narrow valley, its hillsides stacked with houses of every colour.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Cochineal red and green stoneOaxacaA city of green stone and painted walls in a region that gave the world a brilliant red dye from insects.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Ochre walls and a pink churchSan Miguel de AllendeA colonial hill town in central Mexico painted in reds, ochres and yellows, around a pink stone church.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Walled city of pastel streetsCampecheA fortified port on the Gulf of Mexico with straight streets of low houses in pale, carefully kept colours.๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ River port of bold arcadesTlacotalpanA quiet town on the Papaloapan river where every house has a columned porch in a different strong colour.๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Yellow arch below the volcanoesAntigua GuatemalaA colonial city of low houses in yellow, red and blue, known for a yellow arch and carpets of dyed sawdust.๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ The yellow cathedral cityGranadaA colonial city on Lake Nicaragua, with a yellow-and-white cathedral and streets of brightly painted houses.๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Faded pastels and candy-coloured carsHavanaGrand old buildings in sun-bleached pastels, and American cars of the 1950s repainted in bright gloss.๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Sugar-town pastelsTrinidadA small Cuban town of cobbled streets and low houses in yellow, blue and pink, built on sugar wealth.๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Dutch gables in Caribbean coloursWillemstadA waterfront of Dutch-style gabled houses painted yellow, pink, blue and green on the island of Curaรงao.๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Walled city of balconiesCartagenaA Caribbean port inside thick walls, with houses in ochre, blue and pink and balconies heavy with flowers.๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Town of the painted panelsGuatapรฉEvery house in this Colombian lakeside town has a band of painted relief pictures along the foot of its walls.๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด The river of five coloursCaรฑo CristalesA clear river in Colombia whose bed turns bright red for a few months each year.๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Inca stone and a rainbow flagCuscoThe old Inca capital: fitted grey stone walls, red tiled roofs, blue balconies and brightly dyed textiles.๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Rainbow MountainVinicuncaA ridge high in the Andes striped in red, yellow, green and lavender by layers of different minerals.๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด The white salt flatSalar de UyuniThe largest salt flat on earth: a level white plain that becomes a mirror of the sky after rain.๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Caminito, the painted alleyLa BocaA dockside quarter of Buenos Aires where houses of wood and corrugated iron are painted in blocks of colour.๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Hill of Seven ColoursPurmamarcaAn adobe village in north-west Argentina at the foot of a hill striped in red, green, violet and yellow.๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Painted hills above the PacificValparaรญsoA Chilean port of steep hills, old funiculars, houses clad in painted iron and walls covered in murals.๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Salvador's pastel heartPelourinhoThe old upper town of Salvador da Bahia: steep cobbled squares lined with pastel colonial houses and churches.๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Painted hill town of carnivalOlindaA colonial town on hills above the sea near Recife, with bright house fronts, white churches and palm trees.๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท White walls, coloured framesParatyA colonial port between forest and sea, where every house is white and every door and window frame is a bright colour.๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ The Red CentreUluruA great sandstone rock in central Australia that glows orange and red at sunrise and sunset.๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Red cliffs, white sand, turquoise seaBroomeA pearling town in north-west Australia where rust-red earth meets white beach and bright turquoise water.๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Melbourne's bathing boxesBrighton BeachA single row of small wooden beach huts, each painted in its own bold design, on the bay south of Melbourne.๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Sandstone port under the southern lightsHobartTasmania's capital, with honey-coloured sandstone warehouses on the waterfront and, at times, a green and pink night sky.๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ The pink lakeLake HillierA small salt lake on an island off Western Australia whose water is a solid, milky pink.๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Geothermal coloursRotoruaA New Zealand city of hot springs, where minerals stain pools orange, green and yellow, and carving is painted red.๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Painted wooden houses on the hillsWellingtonNew Zealand's capital: timber houses in many colours stepped up steep green hills around a harbour.๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ City on the turquoise lagoonNoumรฉaThe capital of New Caledonia, beside one of the world's largest lagoons, with flame trees that flower red in summer.

Places that colours come from

Where a pigment was mined, a dye was traded or a colour was named.

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan

Badakhshan 1Badakshan 1Koksha Valley 1Sar-e-Sang 1Sar-e-Sang District 1Sar-i-Sang 2

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia

Ararat plain 1Artashat 1Dvin 1

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia

Bondi Beach 1Broken Hill 2Geelong 1New South Wales 1Northern Territory 1Tallawang 1

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria

Alps 1

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium

Antwerp 1

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil

Pernambuco 1Rio de Janeiro 1Serra da Saudade 1

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada

Alberta Rockies 1British Columbia 1Greater Toronto Area 1Mannville Group 1Ontario 1Toronto 1

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile

Atacama 1Ovalle 1

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China

Dunhuang 1Fujian 1Guangdong 1Guizhou 1Jingdezhen 1Khotan 1Longquan 1Pearl River 1Qingzhou 1Shunde 1Tarim Basin 1Xi'an 1Yixing 1Yunmeng, Hubei 1Yunnan 1Zhejiang 1

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus

Hala Sultan Tekke 1

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic

Brno 1

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt

Coptos 1Fayoum 1Hierakonpolis 1Sinai 1

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Adaouste 1Alps 1Avignon 1Bonne Fontaine 1Brittany 2Burgundy 1Chartres 1Chartreuse 1Chessy 1Corsica 1Cรดte d'Azur 1Fontainebleau 1La Neuville-Roy 1Lamorlaye 1Lascaux 3Lauragais 1Le Moustier 1Lyon 2Maruรฉjols-lรจs-Gardon 1Montpellier 1Oise 1Paris 8Pech Merle 2Pech-de-l'Azรฉ 1Quiberon 1Rousillon 1Saint-Denis 2Sรจvres 1Versailles 1

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Aschaffenburg 1Badenweiler 1Bavaria 1Berlin 1Black Forest 1Bleialf 1Cassel 1Cologne 1Erfurt 1Gelsenkirchen 1Giessen 1Greifswald 1Herdorf 1Horhausen 1Jasmund 1Klementelvitz 1Langhecke 1Mรผhlheim-Dietesheim 1Ore Mountains 1Prussia 1Sassnitz 1Schweinfurt 1Tegernsee Abbey 1

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece

Ampelakia 1Athens 1Cyclades 1Knossos 1Koliada 1Laurian silver mines 1Laurion 1

๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary

Lovas 1

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India

Ajanta 1Bastar 1Bengal 1Bishnupur 1Bombay 1Chhattisgarh 1Coimbatore 1Coromandel Coast 1Gujarat 1Jharkhand 1Kashmir 1Kerala 1Lahore 1Madhya Pradesh 1Madras Presidency 1Maharashtra 1Malabar 1Mohenjo-daro 1Monghyr 1Rajasthan 1Uttar Pradesh 1West Bengal 1Western Ghats 1Zawar 1

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia

Flores Sea 1Sulawesi 1Sumbawa 1Ternate 1

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran

Khorasan 2

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel

Golan Heights 1Haifa 1Masada 1Timna Valley 1Upper Galilee 1Wadi Murabba'at 1

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy

Alps 1Arcidosso 1Blue Grotto 1Capri 1Coppa Nevigata 1Elba 2Florence 1L'Aquila 1Livorno 1Magenta 2Monte Amiata 1Monte Baldo 1Mount Vesuvius 1Navelli plateau 1Piedmont 1Pisa 1Pompeii 2Rome 1Sardinia 3Sicily 2Spinetta Marengo 1Subequana Valley 1Trieste 1Tuscany 1Umbria 1Venice 3Verona 2

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan

Arita 1Daigo-ji Pagoda 1Itoigawa 1Ryukyu Islands 1Saga 1

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia

Borneo 1Kelantan 1Malay Peninsula 1

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania

Kediet ej Jill 1

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico

Bonampak 1Cacaxtla 1Castillo de Chapultepec 1Chiapas 1Chichรฉn Itzรก 2Gulf of Mexico 1Los Cerrillos 1Palenque 1Tecamachalco 1Yucatan Peninsula 1

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco

Atlas Mountains 1Iles Purpuraires 1Maghreb 1Marrakesh 2Rif 1

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar

Kachin State 1Sagaing District 1

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia

Tsumeb 2

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands

Holland 1

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand

Parapara 1Resolution Bay 1South Island 1

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria

Ife-Benin 1Igbo 1Nok 1

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway

Blaafarvevรฆrket 2

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru

Huaca Prieta 1Huancavelica 2

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland

Bolesล‚awiec 1Gdaล„sk 1Krakรณw 1Rydno 1

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal

Minho 1

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia

Krasnodar 1Lake Baikal 2Red Square 1Saint Petersburg 1Urals 1Volga Region 1

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia

Drava river area 1Idrija 1Mies 1

๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa

Pinnacle Point 1

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea

Anak Tomb No. 3 1Gangjin 1Naju 1South Jeolla Province 1Yeongsan River 1

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain

Almaden 2Altamira 1Andalusia 1Burgos 1Canary Islands 2Galicia 1Leรณn 1Malaga 1Minius 1Miรฑo 1

๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka

Kadiramalai-Kandarodai 1Pomparippu 1

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan

Ashkeit 1Debeira 1

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden

Kiruna 1

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland

Alps 1Basel 1

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syria

Chagar Bazar 1Qatna 2

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan

Beitou 1

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand

Ang Thong Province 1Siam 1

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia

Carthage 1

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey

Adrianople 1Cappadocia 1Caria 1ร‡atalhรถyรผk 1Colophon 1Edirne 1Izmir 1Sinop 3Smyrna 1

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine

Red Ruthenia 1

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom

Backbarrow 1Cambridge 1Chelsea 1County Durham 1Dalmarnock 1Dennistoun 1Durham 1Edinburgh 1Eton 1Great Orme 1Hull 1Isleworth 1Leadhills 1Lincoln 1Lincolnshire 1London 1Manchester 1Nottinghamshire 1Orford Ness 1Oxford 1Royal Navy 1Smethwick 1Stoke-on-Trent 1Vale of Leven 1Walworth 1Yorkshire 1

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States

Adirondack Mountains 1Bisbee 1Chelsea 1eastern North America 1Four Corners 1Friday Harbor 1Idaho 1Las Vegas 1Los Angeles 2Medford 1Montana 1Monterey Bay 1Mount Mica 1New Almaden Mine 1New York City 2Ohio River Valley 1Oregon 1Pacific Northwest 1Palo Alto 1Pennsylvania 1Portland 1Rocky Mountains 1San Diego County 1Savannah 1Seattle 1Somerville 1South Carolina 1Stanford 1Tacoma 1Wyoming 1

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay

Valentines 1

๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen

Rokeb di Firmihin 1Socotra 2

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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