--- author: Eric Wagoner date: '2000-03-07T01:25:25' draft: false title: So, why are barns painted --- ![A Barn. No, really!](/legacy/images/legacy/weblog/images/barn.gif)So, why are barns painted red? That happens to be the most frequently answered question at [_The Barn Journal_](http://museum.cl.msu.edu/barn/), and of course [ they have an answer](http://museum.cl.msu.edu/barn/stories/story006/index.html). Several, actually.