For painting red, General Paint sells (or at least used to) a red based paint. It comes from the factory as red and can be further tinted. It greatly reduces the number of coats required.
I don't know if any of the other paint stores have something similar. I think the brand name was Franzen or something like that.
There is also a yellow base that is better than regular paint for bright yellow but it still takes many coats for coverage. I guess that is better than dozens of coats.
They should have some cards that are striped black and white they can paint over to show you how well (or poorly) a colour hides what is beneath.
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