How many combinations of 5 balls from 16 balls can you have in which the numbers on the balls are distinct?

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We have $8$ blue balls that are numbered $\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8\}$. We have $8$ red balls that are numbered $\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8\}$.

I think it should be ${8 \choose 5}\cdot 2^5$.

There ${8 \choose 5}$ is as choosing $5$ distinct digits from $\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8\}$ and $2^5$ is as choosing the color either blue or red for the balls we chose.

Is my thinking correct? Any suggestions or corrections?