About a week after I painted my 9 I saw the color I would like to have had. You said you didn't want anything too dark but Audi had a shade of red that is real dark. It came on, maybe, 2004 or 2005 TTs. At least that's what I saw it on. That color would look very seductive on a bird. It's what I'm putting on next time if I can afford it.
