Zorica Rebernik, who is obsessed with the color redr, drinks coffee in her all-red house in the village of Breze near Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 16. Photo: VCG

Zorica Rebernik has spent her life in red and plans to stay that way -- even after she dies.

After four decades dressing in the color from head to toe, the 67-year-old Bosnian has had tombstones made for herself and husband Zoran.

The retired schoolteacher lives in a red house, where she and Zoran eat from red plates, drink from red glasses and sleep in red bedding. Even her hair is dyed red.

"When I turned 18 there came a sudden, strong urge to wear red," Rebernik told Reuters. "There must not be a single dot of any other color on my home decorations or clothes."

Wearing shades like scarlet and vermillion gives her "the feeling of strength and power."

Rebernik's obsession with the color has made her a local celebrity in her hometown of Breze, close to Tuzla in northern Bosnia.

"Everybody knows me. As soon as people see me, they offer me different red things," she said.