We are used to seeing the color of a house or a building as a predictable single unifying theme. This image of an old house in Charleston’s historic district, which is probably being renovated, becomes an impressionistic watercolor. The lush greens and browns that surround the house play against the strikingly incongruous mottled red tones that partially cover most of what once was a beige building. The longer we look at this streetscape, the more startling it becomes. It allows our imaginations to take over, and make of this image what they will.