I remember blue shift being hotter and larger stars. Red would be more towards the middle of the life cycle.
As I understand it(and I’m a rank amatuer) the closer a star to us, the hotter and newer it is and yes, I believe the farther away and older then you have a ‘’’red shift’’. Anyhoo, I haven’t had my telescope out in a while and I’m p!ssed because Mars was so close to the Earth this and won’t be back till 2012. ( a sign from the heavens, like Obama’s going to be done in by Mars, the God of War?)