Red chainsaw looks green from a distance

[Dabir]

It's less obvious than a giant glowing energy sword with distinctive noises not apparently a totally harmless item until you get hit with it. The coloured casing is really a very small part of the sprite. If this is supposed to be a feature and I'm just whining about nothing then by all means, stick the thread in features, but until then I'll continue to believe that the red chainsaw, which is red, is not supposed to be green in-hand.

I mean if this is the way it's supposed to be, should security be tasing any random botanist who's carrying a chainsaw outside botany, just in case it magically turns red on the ground?