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Originally Posted by gap
it seems that the tower and the tower-top metal platform might have been painted black, and/or a color which might have appeared black on a B/W film, i.e. red. My best guess for the WWII-era painting is either plain red (that would be compatible with a red lateral mark) or black/red (isolated danger mark). What do you think? 
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Hard to say. Plain black is very unlikely. Maybe plain red. I don't think it was an isolated danger mark, else, they would have just added a simple buoy, and not built a whole concrete tower.
Edit : But a red tower with a green light ? (from 1911)