Here is the way I think it should work:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'item',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'tax_query' => array(
array(
'taxonomy' => 'color-categories',
'field' => 'slug',
'terms' => array('red', '2000'),
'operator' => 'AND'
)
)
);
So you query posts which are in both red
and 2000
using operator AND
.