# Color Confusion/Anno Enigma **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 2, 2025, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177 "2025-03-02T05:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SlacKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SlacKing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlacKing)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/1 "2025-03-02T05:37:53Z")
Blue, Yellow, and Pink. A pretty combination to look at… until it starts spinning. iYoYo Shooting Star: ![20250302_000228](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/5/3/15399b0c6a81ce0c8385e34e09670e457003af7c.jpeg) _Has more yellow IRL than visible here._ ![20250302_000315](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/5/4/854ee2c4b9ef4f464761409e7a9d373f17a38e5b.jpeg) YYF Mega Monster: ![20250302_124241](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/f/2/0f21ebd5f492a55a044572d668df3dfea5531b13.jpeg) ![20250302_124333](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/6/0/660e00c4e0e829ae2a28a851f3e63f9d995bf780.jpeg) ![a90b9f4adea16b0daeed6e54d4d087c5985ecb0f](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/9/0/a90b9f4adea16b0daeed6e54d4d087c5985ecb0f.jpeg) _Granted, the metal flakes give this a decent silvery look_ But only for some yoyos. This Saturday Market looks incredible. [Saturday Market Appreciation Thread - #33 by POspot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/saturday-market-appreciation-thread/394278/33)? Why do you think this is? What variables make this color scheme look amazing when spinning on some, while bland on others? ---
**Author:** ![POspot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@POspot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/POspot)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/2 "2025-03-02T06:22:16Z")
Video is the way to go [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/f/c/3fcb6869d4aafd68ffacddf5abdb49790b836efd.jpeg "Sudo custom anodized by GruntBull") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8WtOzCwZi4) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/0/e/30eded49cfafe43703e0aeacc82f70cfc3507cdd.jpeg "Panorama SM flipside") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqsC3PR4Lpg) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/d/e/0de47261c848fe8883fe23d4d34afaa27280de58.jpeg "Panorama SM") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K42gG7jMdA) My favorite [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/c/a/1ca6edb71ac5ae38a6881f709a690ad770e2c2ad.jpeg "March 2, 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VwSnw1Eu4Q) ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/3 "2025-03-02T07:41:03Z")
Question…. On the Megamonster… You show the splash coloring in the cup view. And then you show the color change using a gap view. Why don’t you show a gap view of still and spinning or a cup view of the yo-yo still, then spinning? Just curious… PS…. And the OP titles the subject anno enigma, and the first example he gives is a plastic yo-yo, lol😂 Maybe transparent aluminum like in Star Trek 4? ---
**Author:** ![crackout](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crackout/32/44608_2.png) [@crackout](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crackout)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/4 "2025-03-02T10:31:43Z")
The amount of „noise“ in the pattern is a key factor. Depending on the RPMs and the periodicity of the structures. But that does not necessarily mean the more noise the greater the effect. It needs to be in the right range. It‘s also dependent on the lighting situation, if you use modulated light sources, this can change again. ---
**Author:** ![Sven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sven/32/604919_2.png) [@Sven](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sven)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/5 "2025-03-02T11:14:45Z")
The wave-lenght of the different colors has the most impact visually. Something blue will always dominate against yellow or red. My Yellow/Blue Aurora Shooting Star looks solid blue when playing. And I was also a little bit disappointed, that the colors are so faint on that Yo. ---
**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/6 "2025-03-02T11:44:52Z")
![IMG_3686](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/7/a/77a7775a7fa9df38d5e7b7fa995e18160bb7573f.jpeg) My pano turns a nice bluish purple when spinning ---
**Author:** ![HappyYoyoer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/happyyoyoer/32/266188_2.png) [@HappyYoyoer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HappyYoyoer)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/7 "2025-03-02T14:57:43Z")
This is a really interesting thread, and that’s exactly why I didn’t choose to go with that color of the shooting star. I prefer solid colors more, but when I’m choosing between splashes, that’s always something I heavily keep in mind. Very Interesting ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/8 "2025-03-02T16:07:51Z")
This thread gives me ideas. Like could you make a [phenakistiscope](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenakistiscope) yoyo? Probably, i guess G2 already does with their swirls. But maybe you could animate something even more complex using the spinning. ---
**Author:** ![hsb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hsb/32/193274_2.png) [@hsb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hsb)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/9 "2025-03-02T16:57:39Z")
> [@Centerpiece Throws Official](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/centerpiece-throws-official/372275/16): > > Hey all! Here is the spin vid slight_smile Skip to 27 seconds in for the good stuff stuck_out_tongue Hopefully the quality is OK! ---
**Author:** ![SlacKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SlacKing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlacKing)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/10 "2025-03-02T17:45:47Z")
> And then you show the color change using a gap view. I was being lazy right before bed and reused pics I already had. Updated today. > titles the subject anno enigma, and the first example he gives is a plastic yo-yo I thought about that too, but the alliteration was too good not to use lol. Still an anno enigma in the post, just not with that particular yoyo. > Maybe transparent aluminum like in Star Trek 4? That’s actually a thing in Real Life 2025: [Video: Transparent aluminum—from Star Trek to (almost) reality - The American Ceramic Society](https://ceramics.org/ceramic-tech-today/video-transparent-aluminum-from-star-trek-to-reality/) ---
**Author:** ![SlacKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SlacKing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlacKing)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/11 "2025-03-02T18:01:36Z")
> [@HappyYoyoer](#): > > This is a really interesting thread > [@AudreySickburn](#): > > This thread gives me ideas. Thanks 🙂 That’s what I was hoping for. > [@HappyYoyoer](#): > > and that’s exactly why I didn’t choose to go with that color of the shooting star. Yeah, I wish I could have found a video of it in motion before buying. The colors I really wanted were sold out at the time 😕 Oh well. At least it looks cool sitting there and when I mess up a trick. > [@AudreySickburn](#): > > could you make a [phenakistiscope](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenakistiscope) yoyo? I’ve actually been surprised how few of those there are. I think the trouble is that yoyos don’t spin at a constant rpm, so it’s a lot of extra work in design for something you’ll only see for part of spin. That G2 swirl sure looks cool to me, though. ---
**Author:** ![Nic\_from\_Adelaide](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nic_from_adelaide/32/272038_2.png) [@Nic\_from\_Adelaide](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nic_from_Adelaide)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/12 "2025-03-02T20:30:00Z")
You should ask @drewtetz . Professional zoetrope artist and your Quark looks like it’s based on one of his yoyo models too [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/b/f/bbf43d2ea042d4a509073641b9f9fb9adce71855.jpeg "Wonderwall Music Vinyl Demo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QhQ8fHiDEs) ---
**Author:** ![Snoopy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/snoopy/32/669143_2.png) [@Snoopy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Snoopy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/13 "2025-03-02T20:33:07Z")
That would be so awesome, I’d really like to see that for sure. ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/14 "2025-03-02T21:33:43Z")
That’s so cool! I freehand doodled the quark design lol, wanted something vaguely spacey and different from standard profiles. Can’t believe it came close to one of his! ---
**Author:** ![kawaii.kaede](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kawaii.kaede/32/640481_2.png) [@kawaii.kaede](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kawaii.kaede)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-confusion-anno-enigma/420177/15 "2025-03-02T22:06:31Z")
when my dog too hungry he throws up bile sometimes looks like how many overly complicated rgb splash yoyo look when they spin ![Sc0adf5550fd54cc0aed87e0d44c41efb3_jpg_640x640q90.jpg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/b/1/fb1fa9e995fbf05685a9b0574753443dfb53ff66.png) I have very few busy-splash yoyo that look good when spinning. Some older peak like seb brock look amazing when spinning,however,and many old clyw I like my yoyo solid color now. i like vibrant when I see/use it on string, feels better to me