Displayed against a running background of the unmistakable, aggressive green that was Stirling's trademark color among other heresies, he defied orthodox modernism's primary hues with a wild celebration of purples, golds and greens (his purple socks, worn with a certain gravitas and insouciance, enlivened his otherwise conservative and unremarkable attire).

WSJ: Notes from the Archive: James Frazer Stirling, Architect and Teacher, at the Yale Center for British Art | Postmodernism's Pivotal Figure | By Ada Louise Huxtable