Suggestion: Make italicised text the same colour as regular text.

Bold text is good in red. Italicised text is less legible, and the red compounds that.

It also creates more of a differentiation of emphasis between bold and italicised text.

Suggestion: Make italicised text the same colour as regular text.

Bold text is good in red. Italicised text is less legible, and the red compounds that.

This would also create more of a differentiation of emphasis between bold and italicised text.