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Red cabins of Lofoten

Reine

A fishing village in the Lofoten islands where red cabins on stilts stand below sharp grey peaks.

Why Reine is rorbu red

Reine is a fishing village in Lofoten, a chain of islands off northern Norway, inside the Arctic Circle. Its shore is lined with rorbuer, small wooden cabins built partly on stilts over the water. They were put up for the fishermen who came each winter for the cod. Nearly all are red. Red was the cheapest paint, traditionally made by mixing ochre earth with fish oil, so it was the colour of working buildings; white paint cost more and was kept for the homes of the better off. In late winter, cod are hung to dry on tall wooden racks. Today many cabins are rented to visitors who come for the mountains and the northern lights.

Rorbu red#A8322AFjord blue-green#3F7F8AGranite grey#6F7175Stockfish ochre#D9B36BSnow white#F5F7F8

Values are fair approximations of what the eye sees there, not measurements.

Colours tied to Reine

Falu redA deep red paint pigment from the Falun copper mine, used on wooden houses in SwedenOchreA natural earth pigment ranging from yellow to deep orange or brown
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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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