In أَحْمَرُ:
- it describes a colour: wasf;
- its form follows أَفْعَلُ: a verb-like pattern.
Because both causes are present, the taught adjective is ghayr munsarif: أَحْمَرُ — أَحْمَرَ — أَحْمَرَ. It has no tanwin and uses fathah in the basic genitive.