This is going to be an excellent beard, and yes red or at least mostly red. I have the two tone thing going on myself, brown on my head and much lighter and redder in the beard. I think it's a nice look, though, and is not uncommon.

My wife didn't think I would stick my out, but I'm almost to my goal of 13 weeks. Unfortunately, she still hates it. (But my daughters like it. The youngest, 6, said I was "the handsomest daddy in the world" tonight!) ...

I'm going to follow your thread. Looking forward to seeing what develops.