Set in the world of art, "She Comes in Colors" mixes some over-dramatic acting with bits of satire for a rather unusual Fred Lincoln feature. It tries to be different and succeeds.
Sharon Mitchell plays a sculptor, dallying with her beautiful foreign model Elle Rio. She tells Elle about her painful divorce, narrating a flashback of her attempt at suicide (Hollywood cliche-style, walking into the ocean), saved by two surfers who made for a convenient threesome.
There's a gallery party hosted by Regis (Rocky Reiber), where lots of sex fills up most of the video's footage. Jerry Butler is seduced by Elle and discovers body painting with her (later to make him a great success and providing the video's catchy Rolling Stones riff title). The three prinicipals become a threesome menage and Mitch also narrates comical "where are they now?" follow-ups at the end of the movie.
Before he teamed up successfully with wife Patti Rhodes (-Lincoln), Fred was apparently open to contrasting moods and styles in one movie here, with Mitch ultra-butch in one scene and glamorous in evening gown the next. Similarly, the movie is quite serious and romantic at times, but gonzo and satirical at others.
