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Haint blue is a collection of pale shades of blue-green that are traditionally used to paint porch ceilings in the Southern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Hex #D1EAEB is a popular shade of haint blue. The tradition originated with the Gullah in Georgia and South Carolina .
The legend of haint blue porch ceilings, Gullah and haints. When Rabb said the words, "I don't know why," he was saying he didn't know why porch ceilings became such a tradition.
A blue roof is a roof of a building that is designed explicitly to provide initial temporary water storage and then gradual release of stored water, typically rainfall. . Blue roofs are constructed on flat or low sloped roofs in urban communities where flooding is a risk due to a lack of permeable surfaces for water to infiltrate, or seep back into the gr
The albedo of several types of roofs (lower values means higher temperatures). Reflective surfaces, or ground-based albedo modification (GBAM), is a solar radiation management method of enhancing Earth's albedo (the ability to reflect the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet wavelengths of the Sun, reducing heat transfer to the surface).
Buried and unseen for centuries, a sacred room has been unearthed at Pompeii with painted blue walls, a rare and expensive color in the Roman city. Buried and unseen for centuries, a sacred room ...
As Texas tries to contain the biggest wildfire in the state’s history, baseless conspiracy theories that first circulated online after other well-known fires are resurfacing.
Copper phthalocyanine ("phthalo blue") is a synthetic blue pigment frequently used in paints, inks, and dyes. It is highly valued for its superior properties such as light fastness, tinting strength, covering power and resistance to the effects of alkalis and acids. It has the appearance of a blue powder, insoluble in most solvents including ...
Yellow school buses may be iconic throughout the United States, but those with white roofs are adding an extra layer of insulation -- and visibility -- to school buses. According to the New York ...