Talk:Reiko Mikami/@comment-6986329-20140803111544/@comment-397235-20140804015537

It's only things the Colour actually touches which it effects. The narrator of the story sees it repeatedly, but it doesn't hurt him (having to kill one of his friend's entire family, on the other hand...).

Oddly enough, the connection is a little bit more obvious in the film, which is surprising because the film is terrible, but they managed to get that right. I'm not sure how much of this is the original novel and how much is the influence of the anime, though (wherein Kouichi is seen with a copy of The Complete Works of HP Lovecraft [a volume which is represented far too small, as Lovecraft was extremely prolific]).