The first apartment in the castle had a blue color. The blue color room is the calm and peaceful room; moreover, the blue-colored room was the enlivening and pleasant place where the characters of the masquerade traveled. In the story "The Masque of the Red Death" the characters gathered inside each room; furthermore, with the character's migration, the room would be his last hour of life. The second apartment in the story "The Masque of the Red Death" was colored green which symbolizes nature. The color green is meant to represent the last natural life and closest to the life the characters would live inside the castle. The third room is a bright orange depicting the adulthood of the characters' lives. Since adults are quirky characters, the characters relate more to the orange room. In the story “The Masque of the Red Death” Edgar Allan Poe uses all colors to describe the characters as they age until the character reaches maturity.