The Settings In search of evidence of the colour Red the Museum der Kulturen is about to take you on a hunt through a wide range of cultures from all over the world. This quest through the world of a fascinating colour leads to 14 settings. Motive Colours determine our life. Without them our perception, thought mode and actions would remain undifferentiated, that is, colourless in the true sense of the term. But interpretation and meaning of the colour palette varies from culture to culture, even from one individual to the next. Between the two poles – universally valid principles on the one hand, and differing cultural interpretations on the other – there lies a wide and colourful range of meanings, ascriptions and practices. Here one colour stands out especially, and that is Red. Ground floor First floor