Trivia: Why are the buildings in Greenland so colorful?
So they could be seen in the snow
To ward off polar bears
To look like the Greenland flag
They were color-coded by type
The correct answer is They were color-coded by type
So why is this answer correct? : In 17th-century Greenland, there were no street names or numbers, so buildings were painted according to the purpose of each structure. For example, yellow represented a hospital or a doctor’s house; red buildings were schools or churches, and police stations were black. Green buildings were industry-related, while blue represented fishing. Today, Greenlanders keep the tradition alive by painting their houses all sorts of bright colors.