The stark contrast of the white and the black on the mosaic ornamental tiling, but also on the furniture, the walls, the fabrics and the bedhead make us think of the colours of Corsica.
In this case, to the tragedy of the world of the vendetta, to those «barbaric» customs- which the romantic poets of the 19th century wanted the better classes of Parisian society,then thirsty for exotic deeds.
Prospère Mérimée was seduced by Colomba, a girl from Fozzano, and thus decided to write her story, adding details from another vendetta that took place in Sartène, which he called «the most Corsican town of the Corsican cities».