Why are old barns usually red in colour?
Correct answer: Ferrous oxide (rust)

Yana
Interesting ! You use what's available.

Smartass
Your barn door is open

Bigkev
Player Teresa611, they added rust to the linseed oil, it kills fungus and moss as stated in write up

Momo
I do not like how the roof looks like

Andi
Yana, Yep. Necessity is the mother of invention!!

Player Teresa611
Barns are made of wood. I’ve never heard of wood rusting. Metals rust, not wood. I don’t get it.

I am not a number.
Balsema goma, no I never wondered why barns are red because it's not prevalent in my country. It seems to just be a USA thing.