< img src= "https://media.architecturaldigest.com/photos/6a0774911e957f5547140817/16:9/w_1280,c_limit/GettyImages-2275740388.jpg" alt="" > Lighting designer Michael Scricca lined the phase set with square-shaped lights that can be personalized to any color at the push of a button. “I call these the Mondrian panels,” he explains in the video trip. Throughout the Late Show‘s act-one interviews, they light up in an orange-and-blue color design. Throughout act 3, they all radiance orange. And if a political visitor is on the program, the lights change to a mix of red, white, and blue.Colbert’s previous show, The Colbert Report, a satire of right-wing news pundits, featured overtly patriotic design and lighting. Scricca informs advertisement that when he asked Colbert if he pictured a comparable visual style for The Late Program, the comedian informed him,” I want the same thing, however I desire it toseem like we’re in Soviet Russia, and if they see anything American we’re all going to the Gulag, so we have to conceal it in the set.” That was the motivation for the lighting in one area of the set’s library, which subtly portrays an American flag.” That is among my preferred nuggets that I concealed in the set, “states Scricca.The library has plenty of individual keepsakes< img alt =" Image might include Stephen Colbert Hand rails Clothes Formal Use Fit Blazer Coat Jacket Architecture and Veranda" src =" https://media.architecturaldigest.com/photos/6a077a071e957f5547140887/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/GettyImages-1248004804.jpg"/ > Colbert in the library area of his set throughout a 2023 episode Picture: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Picture Archive/Getty Images Colbert also imbued the space with individual touches, particularly in the library, which is lined with sci-fi and fantasy books– his preferred categories. Prominently shown is a sword prop from The Lord of the Rings, a gift from actor Viggo Mortensen( Colbert is a huge fan of the franchise), as is Captain America’s shield, a present from Marvel Studios that had been shown on the Colbert Report set. There’s likewise a Freedom March pennant from when Colbert’s mom remained in presence for Martin Luther King Jr.’s popular” I Have a Dream ” speech (she was pregnant with him at the time ). A photo of Colbert’s daddy sits nearby.Extra columns were built to accommodate elephants Ed Sullivan on set of The Ed Sullivan Program in 1957 Image: CBS Picture Archive/Getty Images