[1][2] Fellow member of De Stijl and architect, Bart van der Leck, saw his original model and suggested that he add bright colours.

[3] He built the new model of thinner wood and painted it entirely black with areas of primary colors attributed to De Stijl movement.

The effect of this color scheme made the chair seem to almost disappear against the black walls and floor of the Rietveld Schröder House, where it was later placed.

[6] In Rietveld's instructions on how to build the chair, he informs the craftsperson to print the following verse from Der Aesthet by Christian Morgenstern and attach it under the seat: Wenn Ich sitze, möchte Ich nicht sitzen, wie Mein Sitzfleisch möchte sondern wie Mein Sitzgeist sich, säße er, den Stuhl sich flöchte.

[10][11] The Red and Blue Chair was on loan[citation needed] to the Delft University of Technology Faculty of Architecture as part of an exhibition when a fire destroyed the entire building in May 2008.