A:  Don't know if it helps but to me its the standard color you see with the barrel planters...love minr

A:  They can be left outside. I’ve had them outside for years. Little trick though get clear acrylic enamel spray paint. and put a good coat on the outside of the planter. In reality you could spray the whole planter inside it out before you use it. but by painting, the outside with acrylic enamel, you’ll put the weather and water barrier on it. You should get many years out of it with no problems.

A:  Yes. I have two and use them as the base for light posts and plant flowers around the poles. They are incredibly sturdy and handle wind and snow well. I've had mine for two years without issue.

A:  Yes I had mine for three years and still good

A:  I left these outside all winter....and it gets pretty cold in Ohio. The pots themselves tolerated the winter pretty well. I believe it is because water can drain through them and they hold a LOT of dirt....maybe enough dirt to not completely freeze. I did not have any perennials in the pots last winter, so I do not know if perennials would survive the winter. It's been my experience most perennials die in pots over the winter, but these pots are big, so I might try to see if perennials would survive next winter.

A:  Yes, it would be okay to have indoors. I wonder how it would be used as a dog bed. Yes to the indoors. Unusually no as a dog bed. I guess it could work, though.

A:  No just buy a an actual dog bed 

A:  why would you want to put your dog in a barrel?

A:  no, this has tons of perseveative chemicals in it.

A:  No.

A:  Yes,I grew leom,banana tree the real small ones

A:  Yes. It is very large. I have them on both sides of my driveway with multiple plants in them.

A:  Yes, we have planted our young lemon tree in it a couple of years ago.

A:  I use it for my raspberry bush. It could hold a dwarf fruit tree or a young fruit tree.