The plant's natural color is the green. The red was painted on. If you want to take good care of it, the pot should have a hole in the bottom.

If my pant, I wouldn't pile up so much soil between leaves - if wet, leaves could rot easily.

Deb, I love the shot you took! Especially with the yellow house, the red car and the green grass. Just enough to highlight the plant and pretty pot.

Hey guys, if the red is painted on, does it damage the leaves? Will it come off by itself? What would you do?

And if your going to say "chuck it" don't please. Imagine instead that there is a really really special reason that you want to keep it ;-)

According to growers that spray them, paint isn't harmful - but I wonder....

No reason to 'chuck' it. Paint doesn't come off easily, some will sort of rub off, but leaves just have to outgrow it. While waiting for it to happen, plants could look weird.

Thanks rina ;-)

It will eventually outgrow the vandalism, and be a nice succy.

It looks like there is a clean baby on the left of the picture. That can be separated and grown on its' own.

Oh there is too. Didn't notice that :-)