Colourful knuckles - a photo on Flickriver

Colourful knuckles

            I don't know what the correct terms for this is, so I've stuck with what I think...
I passed and used these often: they are (were) located along a spot on a walk I took regularly: across the River Thames from Gravesend, where I live, walking east towards East Tilbury. The first part of the walk is behind the concrete river wall, before coming to iron (?) steps that take you over the wall; there are handrails either side of the steps and these knuckles which hold the stanchions (?) and handrails together...
I posted this picture at the time on another site and got responses challenging the colouring, which I'd described as purple - in fact (?) it's either pink or mauve. Ugh.
Much more interesting would be why someone painted them at all and then why that particular colour, as knowing these things might reveal secrets of Who Knows What and, indeed, Why. Or even if they are still purple...

(The Flickr map identifies the location wrongly...this is across the Thames from Gravesend.)

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Taken in: UK / England / Gravesham / Gravesend (show map)

Taken on: May 10, 2013

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purple

mauve

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Camera: Nikon D7000, f/5.0, 1/1600 sec, 175mm (=262mm), ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7000
Lens:	70.0-300.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	175mm (35mm equivalent: 262mm)
ISO:	125
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 11.0 Windows
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