“You know that a psycho-physiology of color exists; studies, experiments have been done on this subject. The interior of the factory seen in the film [Red Desert] was painted red; two weeks later the workers were fighting amongst one another. It was re-painted in pale green and everyone was peaceful. The workers’ eyes must have a rest.”

—Michelangelo Antonioni, interviewed by Jean-Luc Godard, 1964. From Interviews with Film Directors, by Andrew Sarris, 1967.