Are you making fun of the C64's embarrassing lack of a proper red (or any bright colour for that matter) ?

Fair point, but also quite bold for a ZX Spectrum fan to say something about graphics ;)

Of the three main 8-bit machines, the Amstrad CPC wins that round hands down : https://imgur.com/a/D7Ocd

15, I think. "Dark black" and "light black" were the same (absence of) colour.

The C64: 16 colours, all brown.