to reflect the sun's rays and therefore to reduce heat absorption
90% of the cars are painted white.
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The Cape Lookout Lighthouse has been painted many times. It was originally painted red and white, but when it was rebuilt the new lighthouse was painted with black and white diamonds. It is repainted every few years.
yes, there is many
Indians have traditional lived in a wide range of houses. Pueblo Indians have lived in adobe homes, that are earth colors. In the Southeastern Woodlands, many tribes lived in wattle-and-daub houses at the time of European contact. These have been painted with red earth or white lime, which was occasionally mixed with powdered mica, giving the walls a sparkle.
the earliest Trafition dates back to the time when a plague had devestade people and many died. It was last thought to cleanse the house a white wash might ward off evil spirits. In effect it did what the Greeks had done for years in their trees namely apply lime to the trunk if their trees to control insects. The plague carried by insects so white washing to the houses killed the bugs and allowed many people to live. In honor of that the agreement government mandated all houses be whie washed. And the rest is history.
I beileve that many, many people thought that white would look good on a president's house. The White House is a neoclassical structure, and white was a popular color for such buildings.
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mabey 2 or 3 because the white house is pretty big
Ralph Earl, his niece's husband,was his friend for many years, had a studio in the White House and painted many pictures of Jackson. Many other artists also painted Jackson.
Many people including have supposed that the white house was painted white in order to cover burn marks left by British troops in 1814. I just finished a guided tour of the White House today, where it was explained that the exterior walls were constructed of sandstone quarried from Aquia Creek quarry in Stafford VA. The presidential structure was painted white in 1798, (16 years before the White House was burned) in order to protect the sandstone from damage caused by water and winter freezes. The name "White House" did not become official until Theodore Roosevelt issued an executive order in 1901, although there are many references to "the White House" that predate the war of 1812.
The rainbow in the sky is painted by the sunlight splitting through water droplets in the air. The white light is split into its many colours, causing the rainbow.