Saying the following although what you had declaimed was already solved Acutally the black smiley had not been that much of a bad idea since it shows that the red color of it is n o t of importance to the sign it may contain Why I do think that to be a fact because he arranged a white face out of fog be drawn in the sky in episode 23 of season one Although of course he didn t run the usual procedure there I do think that this explains that the color does not acutally effect the conclusion of the Red John Smiley