Don’t get us wrong, monochrome can be beautiful (check out this gorgeous art deco building in London, for example). But a splash of colour can really breathe some life into a place, right?
Well, it certainly has at these spots. Creative studio Berlew has conducted some analysis into just how colourful 125 of the world’s top travel destinations are. How? Well, by putting high-resolution images taken by on-street photographers through ‘computer vision technology’, identifying the five most prominent colours in each.
From there, 625 colour palettes were produced, and the ‘chromatic diversity’ and the ‘vibrancy intensity’ of each place was assessed. Long story short, there’s some kind of scientific backing to this analysis (even if we don’t really know what it all means). The result is a dazzling roundup of the planet’s most colourful places, based on the ones with the highest overall score.
Stealing the colour crown is the vibrant Burano, an island in Venice, where pretty much every street is plastered in blue, red, green and yellow, from the walls and window frames to doors and shutters of the buildings. It’s our top day trip from Venice for a reason, after all.
Chefchaouen in Morocco came second, and Guatapé in Colombia came third, but that’s enough talk – scroll on for the full top 10 roundup of the world’s most colourful places, complete with pictures.
These are the world’s most colourful destinations
1. Burano, Italy
2. Chefchaouen, Morocco
3. Guatapé, Colombia
4. Willemstad, Curaçao
5. Havana, Cuba
6. Cinque Terre, Italy
7. Buenos Aires (La Boca), Argentina
8. Jodhpur, India
9. San Juan, Puerto Rico
10. Istanbul (Balat), Türkiye
You can read about Berlew’s study in more detail here.
Oh, and have a look at our roundup of the world’s most beautiful buildings.
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