A Colour Symphony Welsh Symphony Orchestra. The last movement, "Green", was separately published as "Pyonepsion". In 1977, a ballet called "Royal Offering" was created, with music based on "A Colour Symphony". A short extract from the 'Red' movement was used as the opening music to BBC TV coverage of The Proms until 2011. The British artist Kevin Laycock created a visual piece called "Four Movements in Colour", in which he attempted to portray, in colour, the sounds created by Arthur Bliss. In 2004, Laycock created a series of paintings called "Tectonics" as a direct response to Bliss's "A Colour Symphony" using parallel compositional
Trooping the Colour (and, once they have collected their colour during the ceremony, as 'Escort to the Colour'). At the outset, the colour is held by the Colour Party - a colour sergeant and two other guardsmen of No. 1 Guards, standing well-spaced on the northern side of Horse Guards Parade. Once obtained by the Regimental Sergeant Major of No. 1 Guard, the colour is borne through the ranks of Nos 2-6 Guards by an Ensign of No. 1 Guard. It is a great honour for a young officer to carry the colour in this ceremony, as historically only the most courageous Ensigns