Look out your window and you’ll see every shade of pink and purple splashed across the dense skyscrapers in Hong Kong. Why so rosy, you wonder?

Well, as any budget-savvy Hongkonger will care to know, red paint has historically been the cheapest because it’s essentially made from rust-colored red ochre that’s sourced from the earth.

But bright red isn’t the easiest on the eyes, at least not when you’re painting a 30-story skyscraper, so city contractors  settled for the less offensive, but still affordable pastel pink.