Function is not working as it should

def findClosestColor(newColor, colorList):

"""Takes in a Color object and a list of Color objects, and it finds
which color in the list is most similar to newColor. It returns the
most similar color from the list."""

currClosest = colorList[0]
currDist = distance(newColor, currClosest)
for col in colorList:
    nextDist = distance(newColor, col)
    if nextDist > currDist:
        currClosest = col
        currDist = nextDist
return currClosest

colors1 = [red, green, blue, yellow, pink, white, black]

c1 = findClosestColor(makeColor(240, 15, 30), colors1)

print(c1)

I'm getting (r=0, g=255, b=0) instead of (r=255, g=0, b=0).