✕ ‘Fifty Days at Iliam: The Fire that Consumes All before It’, 1978, by Cy Twombly. Original artwork courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art. Pictured here is a print of the painting that I found in Paris. 22 / 9 / 17 Like a Fire Looking at color red raises the metabolic rate and the heart rate. The color literally turns you on and warms you up. Whenever you feel fragile or need a boost, wear red and infuse it in your surroundings.