Practice problem
Concept of Area

Mexican architecture, Mexico City, 2008 Image by Joaquín Martínez Rosado via Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons 4.0 etc for Commercial Reuse)
You are tasked to paint this view of modern Mexican architecture. Before you paint, you sketch and draft out your general boundaries. Among all the colors (of the multi-colored building), which one would require the least paint? The most? Assume a color includes all shades and brightnesses of that color.