Inside, the colors stay just as bright: Pink bedspreads and orange walls greet guests.

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The best place to saddle up with a board is at the thatched shack beside the tourist information centre in Hangaroa, easily spotted by its bright orange walls.

BBC: Surfing on Easter Island

Patches of plaster had fallen away from the main walls, showing orange, wind-wasted brick.

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The flames were always very low, never rising high enough for me to actually see them even while standing (just that orange glow on the cabin walls).

CNN: A 'lucky to be alive' passenger's story

Walls are painted bright colors: orange in the entryway, yellow in the living room and bright green cabinets in the kitchen.

WSJ: Where Art and Architecture Collide

You could see into the other empty classrooms through the matrix of windows that formed walls around them, supported by bright orange metal framing.

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