The legend about the brightly colored houses is that, as in the olden days, basically everyone on the island was from the same family and so had the same name. So to distinguish them from each other, everyone painted their house a different color. Now of course, that tradition is set in stone so no one can change the color of their house. Another story is that the fishermen could pick out their house by its color and could see if their wife was working in the yard and around the house.
(to be continued)
