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Row of restored old buildings painted in vibrant colors.

Boldly painted homes and businesses, scenic tropical

A Red Corner of Colorful Resort in Curacao

Willemstad. Curacao. 06.16.2024. Beautiful view of a yellow-red building adorned with parrot graffiti on one of the streets in the city center.

Latina woman in a dress walking in the street.

Willemstad, Curaçao, Kingdom of the Netherlands: the historic waterfront of Willemstad, is renowned for its brightly painted colonial-era buildings, whose vivid palette of pastels and bold tones has become a defining feature of the city’s identity. Originating under Dutch colonial rule, the use of varied colors reportedly stemmed from an 1817 decree requiring houses to be painted in shades other than white, partly to reduce glare from the tropical sun. Over time, this regulation and local preference evolved into a cultural tradition, with residents and authorities maintaining and restoring the colorful facades, which now form part of Willemstad’s UNESCO World Heritage–listed urban landscape.

Saint Kitts and Nevis, Basseterre colorful colonial architecture in historic city center.

Apartment buildings, owned by a government in Santiago de Cuba

Geometric shape bright color. Modern building architecture against blue sky. Architectural geometrical detail. Exterior and facade. Geometric orange building design. Modern architecture.

Small historical townhouses in the Pietermaai vibrant district of Willemstad, capital city of Curacao.

Shops along a street on Bermuda of many different colors

Willemstad, Curaçao -- November 25, 2022: Brightly colored yellow building in the Punda district of Willemstad, Curaçao. This building illustrates the ornate 18th century colonial architecture common in the Punda district of Willemstad.

Brightly colored residential tropical home in Bonaire, Dutch Antilles

Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica: detail of Caribbean architectural fretwork - white wooden gingerbread trim casting intricate shadows on a lime-green wall, with rust-colored posts framing the composition. The fretwork features a flowing, curvilinear design typical of Victorian-era Caribbean ornamentation. The physical white fretwork at the top of the frame, and its shadow pattern below, creates a secondary decorative element on the wall. This demonstrates how Caribbean architects and builders cleverly used these decorative elements not just for their aesthetic value, but also to create dynamic visual effects throughout the day as the sun's position changes. The bright tropical colors - white, lime green, and terracotta - are characteristic of Caribbean architectural color schemes, making the building both decorative and distinctly regional in character.

Semicircular balconies. The house in the Caribbean

Oaxaca, Mexico: Sunlit Vibrant Walls: Blue, Yellow, Orange

Bermuda Island charm: Bermuda's enchanting architecture, with its pastel-hued buildings and iconic white roofs, reflects the island's unique blend of colonial history and tropical allure.

Row of houses at a downhill street in Willemstad, multicoloured facades, dutch colonial style architecture, Curacao, caribbean background

Color Abstract. Geometrical roofline and the blue sky in the background.

Colorful detail of a house facade in Santa Lucia, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Curacao. Willemstad. 02.20.2024. View of colorful orange police station building in Willemstad.

Boldly painted homes and businesses, scenic tropical

colourful window and wall against blue sky

Photo taken in Tijuana, Mexico

Willemstad, Curaçao, Kingdom of the Netherlands: clock tower of the Fort Church, with ornate wrought iron cross - church of the United Protestant Community, located in Fort Amsterdam. The church was built in 1769 and is still in use - UNESCO World Heritage Site.

typical dutch style house in willemstad on curacao

Pietermaai is a historic district near the ocean and the old center of Willemstad, known for its charming atmosphere and vibrant revival. Once filled with aging colonial buildings, the area has been flourishing in recent years, with beautifully restored houses now hosting boutique hotels, cafés, and cultural spaces, blending history with modern Caribbean charm

Beach style Caribbean house painted with primary colors in cdecorative style

White Shutters on a Building in Willemstad on the island of Curacao

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