Our time in Lisbon has come to an end. For the past six days we have explored the city in pursuit of its colour. Thanks to the generosity of Raquel and Paulo, a Lisboner who kindly hosted us, we were able to understand and visit the city in depth.
One of the first things that made an impact on us was the use of tiles on house facades. Lisboners don’t paint their facades they cover them with colourful tiles. Blue, green and turquoise are the most common colours used. Many houses have green doors and green windows, including some banks and shopping centres. Traffic lights are also greenish in tone. The odd house with no tiles is usually pale yellow or white.
Transport in Lisbon is yellow, from trams to buses. Even taxis are creamy yellow-white. Yellow is a colour that moves around the city and is used to communicate.
Paulo drove us over the Ponte 25 de Abril and took us up the Cristo Rey Monument so that we could have a proper view of the city from the other side of the Rio Tejo. Lisbon city faces south, its orientation makes it a very bright and warm city. The heat of the river creates a light mist that dusts the city and sky in white. The mixture of sunlight and mist covers the city with a light yellow layer.
We also went along the river Tejo by boat from Alameda to Belem, on the boat we were able to have a close look at the river and coastline. The turquoise river, blue sky and green hills surrounded the city in a blue-green-turquoise harmony under a light yellow mist.
Lisbon is light-yellow turquoise.
1 comment:
Hey!
Congratulations for your colour finding!
I was reading your description on the Lisbon colour. I think that the "light yellow layer" that you're describing is unfortunately Smog, which is a layer of ozone caused by the car fumes. These are sparked off by the bright sunlight and make this characteristic yellow ozone layer.
Good luck with the rest of the journey!
Juls
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