At his request, I took the front fender off the bike too and brought it to him, where upon we both matched it to a color wheel he had. I actually picked a slightly lighter red at first, but Jim got me thinking it was a little too light. Now I wish I would've stuck to my guns.
Still the final product ended up pretty darn close, and I probably wouldn't have even noticed it being juuuuuuust a slight shade darker if Jim hadn't mentioned it when I picked it up.