I would expect pres.Slides(2).Shapes(1).TextFrame.Paragraphs(0).Portions(0).FontColor to return a singular value (the color of that item) yet it returns a list.
Dear DJSullivan,
Always use Presentation.GetSlideByPosition method to get the reference to normal slide and don't use array of slide.
Now try this code. Note the normal slide positions begin with 1 and move forward.
pres.GetSlideByPosition(2).Shapes(1).TextFrame.Paragraphs(0).Portions(0).FontColor