There is a certain shade of red that I am not supposed to be using in these commissioned works. It is proving to be a real pain. The first painting turned out way too cold so I added a shade of “red” that I thought was a different red. Shannon came home from work and informed me that it was absolutely “the” red. Not only was it the red, but the same red was on the second piece as well. I am beginning to think that it doesn’t matter what red I use… any red is going to turn out to be “the” red. I bet that I could put down 15 different shades of red and they all would read as the same forbidden shade. This is a real handicap.