In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is - as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.
You walk off the plane in Rio, and your blood temperature goes up. The feel of the wind on your face, the water on your skin, the taste of the food, the music, the sexuality; Brazilians are very comfortable in their sexuality.
The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.

