The little island of Burano is so colorful and one of the stories I heard was that there are no house numbers, each house is painted in a different color so the postman knows where to deliver the mail. Another story is that the fishermen liked seeing their houses from the sea when they were returning home(which seems sweet but not particularly likely as the majority of houses arenīt visible from the water in any case). And, the other story is, that the colors identified the family with the house - PICK ONE!