Yellow Walls, Green Windows: The Colors of Hanoi

A French colonial building facade. The exterior walls are lime plaster in mustard yellow to ochre, with natural rain streaks and variations in shade. All windows and doors are dark green wooden louvers, with white plaster moldings around the window frames. There is a simple white decorative band under the eaves. The tropical afternoon sun makes the yellow warmer, and the louvers cast shadows on the wall.
Avoid: Painting the exterior walls a bright lemon yellow, using aluminum or white louvers, removing the white moldings, or making the walls look perfectly uniform and newly painted without any signs of age.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟法屬殖民時期的建築立面。外牆是芥末黃到赭黃的石灰抹面,有自然的雨痕與深淺;所有窗戶與門都是墨綠色的木百葉,窗框周圍有白色的抹灰線腳;屋簷下有一道簡單的白色飾帶。午後的熱帶陽光讓黃色更暖,百葉在牆上投下陰影。避免:把外牆漆成鮮亮的檸檬黃、百葉改用鋁製或白色、拿掉白色線腳、把牆面做成完全均勻沒有歲月的新漆。