...snip...Orange is when I am in general public and under uncontrolled conditions, such as the commute to work, or shopping, or eating at a restaurant. Red is when I am out hunting, or detecting an alarm or distress in my vicinity.
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The Col described Orange as "I may need to stop/shoot/kill that person right now" and red as "I NEED to stop/shoot/kill that person RIGHT NOW" - aka you are ONLY in RED if you are actively engaging your target.
What you are calling RED, he called Orange, and what you call Orange, he called Yellow - and no matter how lightly you sleep, he'd call that white