By Loïc Prigent
Loic Prigent: What colour would you want to ban?
Haider: Blood for blood.
Could you define the rich purple you often use?
Layers of black blood.
Who is fashion’s best colourist?
Monsieur Saint Laurent.
Who is painting’s best colourist?
Diego Velásquez.
Who is photography’s best colourist?
Steve McCurry.
Could you define the deep green you often use?
Colombian rock.
What is your favorite colour name?
(I think Emerald is rather nice.)
Blood.
What is the colour name you don’t like?
Mustard.
How do you work with colours?
By clashing them.
What colour should a car be?
Only black… or white in the case of a 1910 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.
What is worst: very noisy neighbours or black lipstick?
Black lips – who would want to kiss them?
What is your favorite colour to be paired with black?
Black.
What is the new black?
Off-black.
In what colour do you wish to be buried?
Nude.
When is black vulgar?
Never.
When is white slutty?
When it is dirty.
When is red virginal?
When it is cardinal.
A good colour for a wedding dress that isn’t white?
Ask Monsieur Truffaut.
What is the right colour for men’s underwear?
Leopard print.
What is the right colour for a diamond?
Black.
What is the right colour for a bouquet of flowers?
Champêtre.
What colours are your walls?
Raw.
What is worst: furry clogs or a yellow kitchen?
Furry clogs in a yellow kitchen.