# Best and worst solid color half-swaps? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Exhibition\ **Created:** [October 1, 2018, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491 "2018-10-01T10:24:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/1 "2018-10-01T10:24:15Z")
I love a good half-swap! But it seems some colors work better in half swaps than others. Take this TopYo Meta collection, for example … ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/c/8/9c81e395296d00e0ae9c50238b765a6c3aac9c78.jpeg) … to me this is a very challenging half swap scenario. Out of curiosity, which of those would work for half-swaps in your opinion? I only see pink and aqua as plausible? It’s extra hard because there is no clear or black on offer here. If we refer to the color wheel … ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/9/1/39101b6dcf6cad9dd9c093697b6f72829ad174e8.jpeg) … “opposite colors” isn’t quite right, because I can’t recall ever seeing a green/red or yellow/purple half swap working … 🤣 I _might_ have seen a blue/orange once? So I guess we’ll have to call aesthetically pleasing half-swaps **complementary colors?** ![yoyo-half-swap](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/c/0/5c05b5c02a2e0dbdf07cdc1c5f1b67e7aaa0ebb4.jpeg) What I have seen a lot of, that works _really_ well in half-swaps, is the following. I’d call these **classic swaps** _guaranteed to work!_ - red/blue (teal/pink kinda the same) - blue/green - black/silver (or white) I also think **clear** and **black** can work half swapped with (almost) any number of colors, being that they are the extremes? ![yoyo-half-swaps-kinda](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/2/2/322b5cc070deebd02ef628ec60f7ffa754d579a5.jpeg) The second tier of “kinda works” in half-swaps, for me anyway: - purple/green (joker) - red/gold (ironman) - purple/gold (PB&J) - blue/grey - pink/green (I also find that half-swapping splashes is suuuper risky, but _can_ work in some scenarios? That’s a whole other and much more complicated topic.) How about you? Got any unorthodox or particular favorite solid color half-swaps? ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/2 "2018-10-01T10:42:35Z")
The only two half swaps I like are clear with another colour or black with another colour. Nothing else looks all that crash-hot to me. ---
**Author:** ![Rosenberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rosenberg/32/20465_2.png) [@Rosenberg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rosenberg)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/3 "2018-10-01T11:08:57Z")
The shade of the color is a big part of the equation. For example, I know everyone has seen the blue/green swap. I’m normally not a fan, but I saw a swap done in a navy/forest and I loved it. I wish I could remember where I saw it or what the yo-yo was. Just personal preference, but it made a world of difference for me. Also, analogous colors in general will work well as opposed to complementary colors. ---
**Author:** ![JWaugh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jwaugh/32/42366_2.png) [@JWaugh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JWaugh)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/4 "2018-10-01T15:26:31Z")
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**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/6 "2018-10-01T20:41:51Z")
Out of those Topyo’s, I’d swap a green and light blue. That might look pretty cool. Or swap the blues. I like how a-rt does the “avocado” half swap of the slightly different greens too. I’m typically not into half swaps, but black seems to be pretty chill with other colors. Like my black and purple Kuntosh… 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![JWaugh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jwaugh/32/42366_2.png) [@JWaugh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JWaugh)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/7 "2018-10-01T22:08:42Z")
Oh, and the Paul Han edition Shutter is Orange/Blue. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/8 "2018-10-01T22:32:19Z")
Yeah one thing you don’t see a lot (or at least I haven’t personally) is this half swap pattern: - lighter (color) - darker (color) I’ll have to try that and see what I think, but light blue / dark blue or light green / dark green could work. Technically, silver and black is this pattern as well. _Technically_ :wink: ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/9 "2018-10-01T23:17:56Z")
Green/green does look pretty good. See the A-RT avocado colorway on the sf/A-RT DK: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/4/8/548980b96c09d566eefd36141e52d6940ecf0249.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/10 "2018-10-01T23:19:19Z")
Love that swap, looks so good ---
**Author:** ![Rosenberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rosenberg/32/20465_2.png) [@Rosenberg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rosenberg)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/11 "2018-10-02T00:31:16Z")
Yeah this is analogous colors at work ---
**Author:** ![JWaugh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jwaugh/32/42366_2.png) [@JWaugh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JWaugh)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/12 "2018-10-02T00:55:37Z")
Lighter+Plus darker is in a lot of fades. ---
**Author:** ![shatterFX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shatterfx/32/66476_2.png) [@shatterFX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shatterFX)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/13 "2018-10-02T01:03:07Z")
I’m hoping to meet someone eventually willing to half swap their KoOlau Edge with my silver one. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/14 "2018-10-02T23:05:16Z")
Here’s one I saw today that I hadn’t previously considered. Purple/red? I dunno… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/9/3/993fb299ceb0b316b9c02c246a54ae9c1e3ad916.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Rosenberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rosenberg/32/20465_2.png) [@Rosenberg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rosenberg)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/15 "2018-10-02T23:31:25Z")
For sure, another good example of an analogous color win (but I’d probably go slightly lighter on the red) ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/16 "2018-10-03T00:34:53Z")
Yeah, purple/pink is much better, I actually have one of those around here… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/7/3/2737144c0b181abcb3f76899d4ad8fc1d88d44c8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![JWaugh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jwaugh/32/42366_2.png) [@JWaugh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JWaugh)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/17 "2018-10-03T22:15:50Z")
Is that an Incarnate? ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/18 "2018-10-03T22:30:18Z")
I think so, it’s not my photo though. ---
**Author:** ![ZaYoBoy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zayoboy/32/40174_2.png) [@ZaYoBoy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ZaYoBoy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/19 "2018-10-03T22:47:34Z")
Nice! Reminds me of the forest. ---
**Author:** ![Jazza\_Sparks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jazza\_Sparks](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jazza_Sparks)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/20 "2018-10-12T07:22:26Z")
The purple/red is mad. It reminds me of Magneto =) ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491/21 "2018-11-18T18:26:02Z")
Here’s one I would not have predicted working, but seems to ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/a/3/4a3a679d8dbb2f4f957362fa028b005c18a04064.jpeg) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-and-worst-solid-color-half-swaps/293491.md?page=2)