In 1991, George Costanza purchased a cashmere sweater at a discount for Elaine Benes as a gift after she helped him land a job. Costanza knowingly purchased the defective garment, which was marked by a red dot the saleswoman revealed to him after enquiring as to why it was so cheap.
He hoped that she wouldn’t notice, but it was quickly identified. I don’t know that there has been a colorful dot more widely discussed since then until recently, when the subject of who will wear the green dot on defense for the Pittsburgh Steelers became a headline following the trade for inside linebacker Joe Schobert.