Even if a pointer was guaranteed correct at the time of creation, it can't be known safe to dereference in the future unless you put a lifetime on it, and then it's just a reference.
If pure red is at 0° hue, and orange at 30°, then that engineering value at 3° is much closer to red. The other two at 18° and 19° better fit the reddish-orange description, still more orange than red, while safety orange is up at 28°.
Parenting is like being an NPC in that magic of childhood. You get to live through that again, just not as the main character. I imagine that starts again as a grandparent, but I'm not there yet.