'Read' and it's past tense are spelled the same. How should they be spelled?

https://lemmy.world/post/36363284

what if we just change the past tense to red? simpler?
Make it redd, to easily distinguish from the color.

The irony with using Connect is that the text for โ€œreddโ€ being done in code format makes it red. ๐Ÿคฃ