spicing up the ugly stock exhaust

Okay so I hated the look of the big a s s stock can they put on.

I've seen other talk about painting there's black which may look good on a black bike but on my tricolor it looks just as bad if not worse than the original look of the exhaust.
Wanted to try red but I am still not sure.. I have painted the majority of the heatshield black as a test and I love the result... not all black but I think it makes it stand out more.
Let me know what you guys think. I'm loving the lines it has now with the bike.