The ladylike silhouettes are about as simple as Ms. Herrera gets, but that's all the better to shine a spotlight on the charming patterns, which range from beach chairs to painterly daisies on a sky-blue background.

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Just one, uncannily red, glowing against the background of an unusually clear sky on this day when none of the factories were running.

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The blue square represents Windows (neutral, cool, in the background of everything like the sky in the XP homescreen.) The red square represents Office (active, constructive, hot like overheated brain activity.).

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To a heady background of deafening Indian music, machines pump flames into the sky whenever there is a four, while wickets and sixes are greeted by endless fireworks.

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Grids of multi-coloured letters and numbers illuminate the background, itself computer-enhanced to resemble a pitch-black sky.

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