Then I realized that several pets already come in magenta, as their basic 'red' version. In fact of all the colors, the four basic colors are the most inconsistant.
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/kacheek_pink_happy.gif)
But red has shades from pink to brownish to purple:
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/mynci_red_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/acara_red_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/kougra_red_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/chomby_red_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/krawk_red_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/kau_red_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/lupe_red_happy.gif)
VERSUS
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/kiko_red_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/grarrl_red_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/gelert_red_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/techo_red_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/shoyru_red_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/flotsam_green_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/gelert_green_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/ogrin_green_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/chia_green_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/wocky_green_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/pteri_green_happy.gif)
VERSUS
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/acara_green_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/eyrie_green_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/hissi_green_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/grundo_green_happy.gif)
![Image](http://images.neopets.com/pets/80by80/grarrl_green_happy.gif)
I'm guessing that they were trying to stay with 16-bit web-safe colors when they started painting red pets, but they could open up some color fill options by trying to get the red pets a little closer to red. Part of the problem is that in some cases they use pink for the body color and red for the shading, instead of using bright red for the body color and using a darker red for the shading. I think they were trying to push the red towards more natural shades for pets like the lupe and kougra, before they came out with the brown brush.
So... would you be more for homoginizing the red pets in order to open up colors like magenta and mauve, or would it be just to shocking to see your lupe in candy-apple red?
Also... there are other colors fills that could work if they wanted a new color fill brush. Personally I'd like to see a color like 'tequila sunrise'. Red on bottom fading up to yellow at the top. I think that would look splendid.
I'd like to see a grey that wasn't a redraw. They could call it roan or ash.
I'd like to see some more natural colors like brindled. Just color fills now, not redraw colors.