his beam is yellow too , an anemic straw-yellow , nothing like van gough sun-flower yellow , but unmistakably yellow anyhow , and , look , the bulb-filament is red , an anemic earthworm-red , nothing like sun-rise red or poppy red , but a try at red anyhow , so the first colors in their second lives here , except for that annihilating blue flash in the bedroom .