Red Kremlin or White Kremlin?

[Borachio]

Verdigris is the colour of oxidised copper*. It is an accepted effect of copper roofs (which must be horrendously expensive to repair - or build in the first place). I reckon tastes vary, but red and green are considered fashion no-nos in certain parts. Or is that just a seaman's superstition?

*unless I'm mistaken, of course.

 

[Loppan Torkel]

That red and green are fairly common on churches and other old buildings. Who made them fashionably unsound all of a sudden? Gay agenda, anyone?

 

[Core Imposter]

Bricks are red and copper turns green. This is the color of the world before exterior decorators.

 

[Tycho Brahe]

Red brick walls and oxidised copper goes together very well, because it's the traditional combination.

 

[Borachio]

Betcha that's red limestone. Or it could be red sandstone. I couldn't find out which - but I'd go with limestone. But bricks? I'd like to see some evidence of it in Moscow, traditionally.

 

[mythmonster2]

Voted for red, but now that I'm looking at it, white's really grown on me.

 

[Yeekim]

Taken on its own, I'd prefer the red, but the white goes nicely together with the rest of the buildings.

 

[Formaldehyde]

It looke like the "bring me a shrubbery" campaign worked out quite well.

Did anybody else think this was a white Russian vs. red Russian thread?

 

[Mr. Dictator]

White, as its a better visual sign of the limitless power of the state.

 

[History_Buff]

Probably the red one, though I think the white looks alright too.

 

[Borachio]

How about this one?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

A question of aesthetics:

Those walls go by the Red Square, right? If that's the case then it is only proper for the color to match.

 

[innonimatu]

Only white marble walls should be white!

 

[History_Buff]

How about this one?

That's a sweet building. Where be it?

 

[Tee Kay]

Lubyanka Square

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I quite like the red brick compared to white. The white one looks too light and bright, the red bricks anchor it.

 

[GamezRule]

The white looks so clean!

 

[Borachio]

Lubyanka Square

Hey! You certainly know your buildings, Mr T.

 

[Mise]

The red looks immensely badass.

 

[Dachs]

How can you tell? I mean, what do you look for?

I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.