Stretching 672 feet, the mural contains 35 different colors that are blended together to create a sense of openness and a new sense of government. At the time, Glaser said, "The Colors really seemed like the right solution." The commissioning of the mural was a collaboration between the architect Evans Woollen, Glaser and the GSA's Art in Architecture program at a cost of $75,000. "The idea for the colored band at the base of the federal building did indeed come out of conversations I had with Evans Woollen." In response, Woollen refers to the mural as a "continuous Mark Rothko painting".
