  We explore the color dependence of the radial profile of satellite galaxies
around isolated parent galaxies. Samples of potential satellites selected from
large galaxy redshift surveys are significantly contaminated by interlopers --
objects not bound to the parent galaxy. We use the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to
estimate the interloper fraction in samples of candidate satellite galaxies. We
show that samples of red and blue satellites have different interloper
populations: a larger fraction of blue galaxies are likely to be interlopers
compared to red galaxies. Both with and without interloper subtraction, the
radial profile of blue satellites is significantly shallower than that of red
satellites. In addition, while red and blue primaries have different interloper
fractions, the slope of the corrected radial profiles are consistent after
interloper correction. We discuss the implications of these results for galaxy
formation models.
