Red at Christmas is always balanced with green—no confusion there. And maybe orange is better for All Hallows Eve—it has a pumpkinesque quality—also faintly ambient of pizza eaten after high school football games in the fall. Its a fall colour but red would be bloodier for Halloween—I’d love to use red lighting.

I’d also like to use it at Valentines Day—the entire month of February, actually—a remnant of Christmas until March and Green replace it.

I also like shadows in red light, and the minimal effect it has on night vision. I use it a lot indoors—dim as an exit sign.

But I am reluctant to use it outdoors because people have told me earlier in life that it was associated with red light districts or brothels open for business.

What would be your interpretation or understanding if someone had a red light on the porch?