It's a book-keeping term. Black ink means profit and red ink means debt.
As in reference to "The Avengers" when Black Widow said: "I want to wipe out the red from my ledger"

She feels that if she 'wipes out this debt', she will be free from whatever problem is plaguing her
by Andyakat May 27, 2013
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