A Guide to Colourful Walls in Vancouver

September 20, 2016
LS
By Lenee Son
9 min read

What better way to document your #ootd or urban adventure than with a photograph in front of a colourful wall? A solid colour wall serves as a stellar outdoor backdrop to make your portrait or outfit posts pop. Vancouver is a never-ending source of photo ops and amidst the mountains and the ocean, the city is a gold mine of vibrantly hued walls perfect for that next quintessential shot.

Here are Vancouver’s most Instagram-worthy walls to add to your carefully curated visual diary.

Bubblegum Pink – 1033 Venables Street.

A photo posted by Kate Ju (@kakate) on Jun 20, 2016 at 2:17pm PDT

Coral – Equinox Gallery, 525 Great Northern Way.

Orange – Main and Powell Street.

Burgandy – Blood Alley, Gastown.

A photo posted by DAYANA LIZC (@dayanalizc) on Dec 3, 2015 at 1:41pm PST

Red – Granville Island, 1318 Cartwright Street.

Sage green – 5350 East Boulevard.

A photo posted by Jeremy Jude Lee (@jjudelee) on Jul 14, 2016 at 9:25am PDT

Mint Green – Queen Elizabeth Park, 4600 Cambie.

Forest green – South Granville/Fairview.

Yellow – Granville Island, 1318 Cartwright Street.

A photo posted by marimon (@overcurious) on Jul 16, 2016 at 1:15am PDT

Purple – 323 Semlin Drive.

A photo posted by Viranlly (@viranlly) on Jan 25, 2015 at 7:09pm PST

Royal purple building – South Granville Street and 11th Avenue.

A photo posted by Viranlly (@viranlly) on Jan 21, 2014 at 4:02pm PST

Stone blue – Blood Alley, Gastown.

A photo posted by MJ Kim (@mjkimphotography) on Dec 18, 2015 at 1:18pm PST

Turquoise – 1726 Hastings Street.

A photo posted by Hannah Rebecca (@halfspice) on Jul 11, 2016 at 4:57pm PDT

Teal – Granville Island, 1318 Cartwright Street.

Cobalt blue – East Van Studios, 870 E Cordova.

A photo posted by Lydia Okello (@styleisstyle) on May 11, 2016 at 11:20pm PDT

Denim blue – Jimi Hendrix Shrine Vancouver, 432 Homer Street.

A photo posted by nicole wong 〰 (@tokyo_to) on Jul 7, 2015 at 10:08pm PDT

Sky blue – Cordova Parkade, 107 E Cordova Street.

For mural locations, click here. For additional locations of over 30 colourful walls in Vancouver, check out the map below.

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