Solon wants all government buildings to be painted beige

A lawmaker has proposed covering government structures and buildings in beige paint instead of yellow, orange or other colors that might be identified with a particular government officials political party affiliation.

Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo has filed House Bill 5314 requiring the establishment of a uniform Government Building Paint Color Scheme under which the performance standards for coatings are set, tested and approved.

Under the measure, no plan of work for the protective coating and color of any government structure or building shall be undertaken without going through the Government Building Paint Color Scheme and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) accrediting the contractors.

The accreditation of contractors is necessary to ensure that product standards, competency and coating requirements for government structures and buildings are consistent with the light brown standard mandated by the measure.

Castelo, chair of the House committee on Metro Manila development, said he was prompted to file the bill because of the supposed practice of several elected public officials of painting government structures and buildings with colors identifiable with them.

According to Castelo, the politicians' use of specific colors is done with the clear intent to associate the construction of such building or structure to them at full cost on the part of the government.

The lawmaker believes beige should be adopted as the official color for government structures and buildings because it is neutral and indistinct. Xianne Arcangel/BM, GMA News

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Solon wants all government buildings to be painted beige