Doubt it is "red". its an optical illusion created by the light. Maroon does that all the time with computer images. Compare it to the hat. It looks slightly lighter then the hat, but that hat, if you see it in person, is a very dark maroon. If you compare that jersey, once we can see it in person, to the maroon ones we had last year which were actually much darker then our hats, this one will probably be an improvement regarding the color.