Is it hot pink? Is it burgundy? A debate rages over the color of artist and director Julian Schnabel's strongly hued 17-story tower in New York's Greenwich Village. Schnabel himself is reported to have variously dubbed the color as "Pompeii red" and "Venetian red" and is said to be upset at the media frenzy surrounding the structure. The stucco of the building's façade failed to cure properly, resulting in some white coming through the red paint. Whatever color it is (or is supposed to be), Schnabel's assistant Brian Kelly insists that the color was not chosen in retaliation to neighbors who opposed the construction project.