Did you read the article or the comments?
The instrument is actually very cheap and goes out of tune constantly.
There are instrument companies that hit up unsuspecting parents with cheap instruments that break and sound like crap.
I think the issues is more with quality than the color of it.
Actually, the instrument that is constantly out of tune is the school district’s violin that they foisted on the girl.
I took some violin in school, I had a Stradivarius. The fiddle didn't sound good because I didn't play very well. Some of the other kids who had (mostly) Suzukis sounded a lot better.