What she said was something like this, "They should be so dark a red so that when viewed from a distance they appear black."
According to the SOP, they should be a rich mahogany bay. That isn't as easy to visualize or agree upon as the RIR color description - "lustrous, rich dark red".
According to the SOP, they should be a rich mahogany bay. That isn't as easy to visualize or agree upon as the RIR color description - "lustrous, rich dark red".