08-06-2008, 08:40 AM
Salve
In my region in the south of France a lot of traditional houses use Ocher pigments mixed to lime.
Beside the obvious anesthetics, it somehow harden the surface and make it more water resistant.
A great advantage of reddish ocher at the bottom of a wall is obvious if you live in some parts of southern Europe, it keep the wall clean from dirt.
A lot of the newer houses in the country side that have white walls have the bottom always look dirty... So maybe originally it was just a practical reason to protect the bottom wall.
I hope my point of view, help a bit or lead to new researches in that direction, as I would be very interested if somebody comes up with the right answer.
Vale
In my region in the south of France a lot of traditional houses use Ocher pigments mixed to lime.
Beside the obvious anesthetics, it somehow harden the surface and make it more water resistant.
A great advantage of reddish ocher at the bottom of a wall is obvious if you live in some parts of southern Europe, it keep the wall clean from dirt.
A lot of the newer houses in the country side that have white walls have the bottom always look dirty... So maybe originally it was just a practical reason to protect the bottom wall.
I hope my point of view, help a bit or lead to new researches in that direction, as I would be very interested if somebody comes up with the right answer.
Vale
AEMILIANVS / Jean-Luc
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