14 Beautiful Buildings Radiate Color in Cuba
When looking for the brightest hues as inspiration for an interior or exterior, consider the unmistakable palette found in Cuba. As an antidote to neutrals like gray and beige, a touch of brilliance can go far in transforming a room or an architectural element such as a stairway or door. The colors seen on these 14 buildings range from cobalt blue, banana-leaf green, and the occasional chocolate brown to sun-bleached yellows and pinks. They defy definition—they’re not quite primary, and yet they are more luminous than the pastels found elsewhere in the Caribbean. Cuban culture relishes the pure and saturated pigments covering entire façades and other large edifices. Let these historic buildings inspire you to bring a certain luster into your own home.
This content is subject to copyright.1/14A bar of modern design is nestled between Art Nouveau buildings along the Malecon, also known as Avenida de Maceo, in Havana.
Getty Images/Lonely Planet Images2/14A colorful house in Trinidad, Cuba, shows off ornate architectural details.
UIG via Getty Images3/14A shoeshiner works his trade in Baracoa in front of a building that mixes ocean blues and oxblood red.
© Jeremy Woodhouse4/14A man carrying a songbird in a cage rides his bicycle past a building painted a variety of blues. In Cuba songbirds are believed to bring good luck and are found in many homes.
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This content is subject to copyright.5/14A view of homes on a street in Trinidad.
Mark Williamson.6/14Brightly painted colonial-style buildings on Paseo de Marti, or Paseo del Prado, in Havana.
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© 2013 Elisabeth Pollaert Smith7/14A street in Old Havana is lined with buildings covered in understated colors.
© Jeremy Woodhouse8/14A toy dog sits in the doorway of a washed-out pastel façade.
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© 2015 Roberto Machado Noa9/14Havana City’s Parque Central, or Central Park, is filled with landmarks and historic colonial buildings with arches and balconies.
This content is subject to copyright.10/14A cobalt-blue 1950s car sits in front of a series of chromatic colonial houses.
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CLEMENT CHAN11/14Buildings of vivid color lead to Saint Francis’s church and monastery near Plaza Mayor in Trinidad.
angelo cavalli12/14A bass player walks with his instrument along Calle Heredia in Santiago de Cuba past a blue building with white stripes.
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Copyright David Henderson 200813/14A splashily colored vintage car parks in front of faintly tinted homes.
Nikada14/14A cluster of buildings in a range of subtle hues.
