[MattRogish]

What strikes me immediately are the vibrant colors of the houses.

Walk through most any suburban American neighborhood and you'll primarily see neutral shades of white, gray, beige, or the occasional muted blues and greens. Sometimes someone will be daring and paint their house in a deep, dark blue or purple (or even black) but that feels relatively rare.

If near the ocean, typical "seaside pastels" come into view.

What's the backstory to the Faroes' colors? Are they set by some local entity/government? Left up to the homeowners? Was there a push to make them colorful? Do the locals have a particular eye for color composition? Did someone help them?

Why are American homes so bland and the Faroes' so delightfully colorful?

So many questions!

[vunderba]

My first thought was that given the rather inclement weather perhaps having a vibrantly colorful house may have historically helped to easily identify one's particular domicile during times of poor visibility.

[axpy906]

It looks to me to be a Danish thing as I’ve seen that pattern in pictures of Greenland too.

[kulahan]

Certainly a huge part of the color choice in the US is to increase sales. A neutral color is just easier to sell. In the Faroes, this probably doesn't matter. Just pulling a guess out of my rear.

[mapmeld]

I've noticed colorful houses in Greenland and Svalbard, too. I think it's to combat the bleakness, remoteness, and coldness in winter

[yard2010]

This reminds me of this place in Busan South Korea I forgot the name of

[rkomorn]

Gamcheon Culture Village ?