Where is the TRUE red fabric?
 

Went to JoAnns yesterday looking for Christmas red fab for Holiday projects. Had a sample of fab I was trying to coordinate. OMG every quilter's cotton fab in red had an orange tint to one. Every single bolt. Did find a better choice in a dif department, more expesive of course, and a lilttle heavier.

Are you seeing this problem wilth other colors? Red, for me, is a basic color that I use alot. May have to change how I choose fab in the future.

Well, supposedly there are 72 shade of black....grey black, blue black, green black (actually need some of that to finish a top),etc etc. Stands to reason that there are at least that many shades of the other colours too. The main reason that I hesitate to order fabric online, is that I am never sure that my computer is giving me an accurate colour. Even the lighting in different parts of a store can distort a colour.

A life long problem when trying to match whether it be thread or fabric. Thought i ordered red thread but it came as burgundy--not to waste as i can always use but this is so
frustrating and I still need red thread==ha !

Reds can be orange based or blue based. Not everyone sees color the same. That's why there are lots of fabric lines and lots of fabric stores.

It could be that fabric goes in trends, like fashion, and orange-red is 'in'. Sorry for your frustration!

Yeah, red is a funny color. I noticed that with nail polish too. You can't imagine all the different shades of red, pink etc etc etc!
They just want you to keep buying them lol.

There are definitely trends. A few years ago, I wanted a forest green and everything had an olive tint! It took several years for the olive trend to die. I kept chanting "Die, olive trend, DIE!" 😆
However, I have been able to find true reds recently, although I don't shop at Joann's. You might have to widen your search to quilt shops.

And white! Back in the 90s we were picking laminate counter tops and I said I wanted white. Well, who knew there were a ton of whites to choose from! I ended up picking something called "white", haha.

It's funny how trends change like that. There is a green batik that I consider to be the perfect green. Not dark, not light, medium. I could never describe it but I know it when I see it. Hope you find your red.