A few years back, went with my old man when he was looking for a car. He found one he liked, but was worried it was a dark red. (This is a man, who once told a taxi firm to send a different car when a red one turned up at the pub, as 'I'm not going to Maine Road in a fuckin' red car')
I told him it wasn't really red .... much more like maroon (which it was), and that was a City colour.
Got home after buying it, and straight away, I called my nephews and made sure he overheard me telling them, 'You won't believe it, but your granddad has bought a red car ... ' ... He went nuts.
Don't do it.