"Red" vs "orange" redux

[Mullins, Bill]

> In a conversation with my wife, I used the phrase, "orange
> traffic cone."
>
> She:  "What do you mean by "orange traffic cone"?
>
> I:  "You know. Those things they use when they're doing work
> on the street?"
>
> She, in the special feminine tone of voice that says: This
> conversation is over:  "Traffic cones are red."


Is this the same tone that means, "when I want your opinion, I'll give
it to you"?