Color(ed) Theory: Flamin' Red Hots

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A digital print color photograph of a bright orange painted house set in an otherwise empty grassy space within the landscape of Chicago's South Side. The two-story house has a steep gable roof and a porch that runs the full width of the front. Wooden steps lead up to the front door on the left side and there is wooden lattice along sections of the porch railings and running from the bottom of the porch to the ground, blocking underneath the porch. On the right side of the house is a section of the house set out slightly from the facade, including both the first and second floors, both with large boarded up windows. The door is also boarded up, along with another small window on the second floor. There is a satellite dish attached to the left side of the porch roof.

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