Watching a little bit of All That Heaven Allows, and noticing that in the opening scene Agnes Moorhead wears bright, somewhat artificial colors, but Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson wear greys and beiges, more “natural” colors. #NowWatching

When Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson interact the second time and they make their first moves on each other, he is wearing red, the color of desire, but a muted, more natural red. She wears beige, the color he was wearing in their first encounter. #AllThatHeavenAllows #NowWatching

Jane Wyman is frightened by a bird in Rock’s old mill house. Their frightened embrace will lead to an amorous embrace. The movie opens on a shot of a steeple with birds on it, and after their embrace in the mill house, doves coo. #AllThatHeavenAllows #NowWatching

In Rock and Jane’s third encounter, when he invites her to the Bohemian lobster fest, she wears grey and he wears black - related colors. When the get the party, they are both wearing black coats: their colors are aligned. (But he’s wearing a bright red plaid shirt underneath.)

During the Bohemian lobster fest, several people are wearing some kind of red and, of course, the lobsters are bright red. #AllThatHeavenAllows #NowWatching

In their fourth encounter, when Rock shows Jane what he’s done to the mill house and proposes to her, he is now wearing red plaid on the outside, his desire more overt. She is wearing burgundy, a muted red, but a red all the same. #AllThatHeavenAllows #NowWatching

Immediately after Rock proposes to Jane and she has doubts, she moves to the window, where we see snow and a cold blue light. Their clothes appear black in this light. #AllThatHeavenAllows #NowWatching

When Jane tells her children she plans to marry Rock, she’s wearing black. Her daughter is trying different shade of red nail polish. The conversation goes badly. #AllThatHeavenAllows #NowWatching

When Rock comes over to meet Jane’s kids, and they reject Rock, they’re all wearing blues, greys, and blacks. #AllThatHeavenAllows #NowWatching

When Jane introduces Rock to her set, Mona is wearing green, the color envy. Most of the rest of them are wearing greys, blues, and blacks. #AllThatHeavenAllows #NowWatching

When Jane tells Rock they should postpone their marriage, he’s wearing blue; it looks like his red plaid shirt might be in a chair near where they are talking. In the next scene, when Jane is talking to Agnes about it, Jane wears blue. #AllAboutHeavenAllows #NowWatching

When Jane runs into Rock at the Christmas tree lot, she’s wearing beige with a blue scarf underneath. He’s wearing red plaid with a blue scarf underneath. #AllThatHeavenAllows #NowWatching

When Jane’s kids come home for Christmas and her daughter tells her she’s engaged, Jane’s wearing black, but Kay is in full bright red. #AllThatHeavenAllows #NowWatching

Rock is holding a rifle at crotch level and wearing red plaid. #AllThatHeavenAllows #NowWatching

When Jane goes to see Rock at the mill house, maybe to say she was wrong and she loves him, the front of the mill house is bright red. #AllThatHeavenAllows #NowWatching

When Jane learns that Rock has been injured, she is wearing a grey suit, similar to and possibly identical to the one she wore in the first scene. He is under a beige blanket, the same color as his opening scene. #AllThatHeavenAllows. #NowWatching