Need help choosing a red hair color for my new custom!

[Naamah]

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Rose Pony under construction 2 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr

That's her!  You can click to see more pics in my photostream.

She's had her eyes finished since I took this and everything's all sealed up and ready to go, I just need to find the right hair color.

I want to do red hair with a green stripe in it, and I have a couple of greens I love, but I have not found a red I like.  I've been ordering from Dollyhair.com.

Here is what I have tried, and all these colors are nylon:

Pomme d'Amour - this is a gorgeous tomato orange color, but not what I needed
Cherry Pie - almost freakin' perfect, but too bright and a teeny tiny itty bitty bit too orange; I need something darker and a tiny bit less orange-y
Volcano - I thought this would be perfect, but it's really a very saturated red-auburn and not really a red-red at all
Venom - too dark and way too purple

I need something that is, like, a few shades darker than Cherry Pie, which is SO close to being what I need.  I'd dye it but I'm not set up for that, and have never done it before, and would rather not go there.

I am looking at these colors in Dollyhair's saran hair section:

Pillarbox Red - may be my best choice, what do you all think? Can someone tell me how it compares to Cherry Pie?
Torch Auburn - can't tell how "auburn" it really is
Scarlet Auburn - again, don't know how "auburn" she means
Flame Auburn - almost certainly too orange, but still pretty

I am happy to order or create a blend, even, if anyone has recommendations.

Thanks!

[coinoperatedgirl]

Don't have any hair suggestions, but I love the design and have a similar design already  in the works!

[pop-girl]

First, your paintwork is stunning.

Pillarbox red is a true, bright red. If Cherry Pie is a bit too bright than Pillarbox will definitely be too bright.

I would consider trying a blend of Vampire Kiss and Cherry Pie.

[kittybethy]

I love Cherry Pie, but that is just me!

 IT is such an awesome color!

[Colorscapesart]

I think Pop's idea is a great one, hair blends are a great way to subdue some colors and add pop to others!

[Naamah]

Y'all so awesome.

@ Pop-Girl and ColorscapesArt: Thank you!  Exactly the info I was looking for!

@ KittyBethy: I KNOW!  I love the color sooo much, it is sooo lush and gorgeous and saturated, and I really wanted it to work for her. 

@ everyone: Thank you!  She's my fourth or fifth, and I'm really quite proud of her.

My other option is just doing her hair in Starlight, with a red stripe of Cherry pie in the mane flanked by, like, two plugs' worth of Envy and Poison Ivy.  In small amounts the Cherry Pie is just fine.  I KNOW it would look fantastic, I tested the colors next to her and all that, but it changes the character of the pony completely from what I had intended her to be.

[kittybethy]

Sounds like a good idea.