To my mind, yoyo finishes are like automobile finishes. Most solid color finishes are classy and beautiful, like this:
Whereas most splashes and washes and wild graphic finishes are tacky and ugly, like this:
Which of the two you prefer probably says a lot more about you than you realize. 
I disagree with the second example, which is absurdly extreme. I think a better one isā¦
half-swap
Splashes
More here!
Yeah, all of those are fuuuuuuglyā¦
And that first one would only represent half-swap if the two right/left halves of the car were different colors, which would look absurd.
With a light blue string Iād love it!!!
Nickel is what you pull out of your black tux jacket pocket at a wedding reception so you can do sweet tricks for grandmothers. It looks classy!
meh, I probably would only accept maxium of something like this 
Speaking of two halvesā¦
āNow, count up your sins!ā
Youāre alive???
I always hated Hulk Smashā¦
EWW! 
I was thinking about this some more and the analogy breaks down.
One thing I love about auto finishes is that THEY LOOK SPARKLY METALLIC, which is kinda awesome. Anodized aluminum really doesnāt; itās just a flat ā¦ bleh ā¦ color. I was thinking of this because @yoyospirit bounced his awesome topic, and I mean just 
LOOK AT THESE BEAUTIES
If a āsolid color yo-yoā looked like that, @zslane, Iād be all over it like freakinā white on rice.
But it donāt. (Maybe it should though?)
I can see what youāre saying. Solid colours really could look a whole lot better. Even today they still look really average. We need more variety in solid colours that are more interesting.
This, to me, is an example of a more unique solid colour.
While I agree that solid finishes arenāt perfect, splashes and washes and swirls are not the answer! And the main problem with highly reflective finishes is the issues they create for grind tricks. Other than that, I think they look spectacular.
Yeah anodized aluminum is the least interesting looking metal finish there is. All dull and flat and ā¦ freakinā boring. I woud like to see a whole lot more of this:
If you donāt think that looks amazing and way better than a boring old solid matte anodizationā¦ I regret to inform you that some part of the light inside you has died. RIP that light.
Thatās also why I think nickel plated looks good, as well as copper plated! Donāt make me show pics of my half-swapped nickel/copper Deep State again! BECAUSE I WILL
And this from @mullicabob. I HAVE NO WORDS FOR HOW INCREDIBLE THESE LOOK. Do you have any idea how much Iād pay for a yo-yo with this kind of true metallic auto-like finish? 
Boring flat anodized alu can suck it, as far as Iām concerned.
Wow.
Absolutely. When compared to the above pics of metallic finishes that, yāknow, look metallic? I mean itās no contest.
Haha I have yet to figure out how he achieved this
It looks like clear coat with additives to me?
Anyway his whole topic is EPIC, I just spent 3 hours cleaning that topic up by hand ā¦ and it was worth it!
I highly recommend checking it out:
But what about fadesā¦ I like fades.
That one was for @zslane 
But seriously! Two tone fade!
Also hereās another take on half-swappingā¦
Yoyos arenāt cars. Splashy cars look dumb, and splashy yoyos look beautiful.
