"Understood," he said. "About the Jack the Ripper part, the underestimating part and the... canary yellow part." Alex shuddered slightly for effect. "My room is blue. It's been dark green, camo, dark red, plaid - not in any particular order - but never yellow. Yellow says... sunshine and nurseries and stuff."
His nursery had been his mother's bedroom. He's seen pictures, and thinks it was peach. That had been his grandparent's decorating, though.