I am interested to know how much of a deciding factor this is in the yoyos you buy.
Would you by a yoyo if the last one in stock was a colorway you didn’t like?
Would you buy an incredible colorway if you didn’t like the yoyo?
For me it’s almost negligible. The only reason I consider the colorway is for resale purposes.
I prefer greys, clear, raw because the neutral color makes room for using any color string without color clashing
I will never buy a yoyo in a colorway I don’t like.
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If it was something I really liked, I’d probably still cop with a bad colorway. Although if it was a particularly awful color, I may try to purchase one secondhand, but it’d have to be really bad.
And I’d probably also buy something I wasn’t super into if it had an amazing colorway. Again, it’d have to be some next level amazing color, but I could see myself being too drawn to the aesthetics to pass it up. The price would have to be reasonable though. I don’t think I could spend over 100 bucks on a yoyo that didn’t appeal to me, colorway or not
The color is a good chunk of the experience for me. Ive had several of the same model yoyos, a Chief for instance. Ive had a Clareview Station, an Electric Bacon, a Camp Caribou Blizzard, a Brussels Sprouts, and a Zip Zop. They all played the same, but once I got that Zip Zop, it became super duper special and outstanding. I kept selling them cause, while I knew I liked how the cheif played and wanted one, when its not the right color, its loses that something that makes it just another yoyo.
I’m not completely consistent with this when looking back at my buying history. I tend to only buy throws that come in colorways I like, but there have been a few instances where I bought a difficult-to-acquire yoyo in a colorway I didn’t care for in order to try it out. Typically I will be on the lookout for a replacement in a colorway I do like if I end up liking the way it plays.
For me, it depends on what’s available. There aren’t any color ways that I despise. I buy the yoyo for the performance/design aspects first and foremost. I’ve never bought a yoyo just because I loved the color either. I don’t really like raw throws, but my favorite throw, the CLYW Canvas that I have, happens to be raw. The color doesn’t stop me from playing with it at all.
I will not buy a yo-yo in a color that I do not like.
Idrc when it comes to colors.
There has only been 2 splashes I’ve ever liked. Other than that if it’s not offered in solid I’m not buying.
It kind of depends. If it was a rare yoyo that was selling out quick AND was a shape/design that I really want, then im willing to make due with what is available. But in general im not going to buy a yoyo with a color I don’t like. I passed on quite a few just because I didnt care for how they look.
It sounds petty, but sadly I cant help but feel this way as well. If that little piece of metal flying around on a string doesn’t look cool to you, some of the enjoyment is lost. I bought a plastic purple Skyva (I like purple yoyos), but god damn was that color ugly! Thus I never really played with it. Dylan made a yoyo dyeing video a while back, and I thought what the heck. Now it looks much cooler and I actually pick it up on occasion.
Gotta be the right color.
I will not buy a colorway that is not pleasing. Bc I have learned I will not play with it. That said, there are few colors that I really don’t like. I will choose a less pleasing color for a better deal though.
My answer to both questions is no.
Not too important since a lot of times I’ll buy a damaged yoyo and powder coat it anyway. But if we’re looking at mint yoyos, I’d much prefer colors I like. Aesthetics is pretty important in yoyoing after all.
If it is a color I actively hate then I won’t buy it. I will buy some that aren’t necessarily my favorite if I have no other options. The good news is there aren’t too many I hate, but that bright green / black rims of the Draup Overdrive was a rare example. Not to pile on that poor yo-yo or anything 
I buy yo-yos in color ways that are horribly ugly. And then I name them after people on the Forum that I can’t stand… Uh; kinda like Voodoo dolls.
Then I take them outside and play them over concrete or asphalt.
Outside; I always throw offstring. I miss a lot. The yo-yos take a beating. The harder they land; the better I feel for some reason.
It’s all about having fun🤓
I really wanted to get one, but that color was a dealbreaker for me. Unpopular opinion: Green is the worst color for a yoyo. 
Thanks for that! Hardest I’ve laughed today maybe this week.
I put brown and yellow further down on the list of acceptable colors, but green is nowhere near the top for me either. In fact, the only green hues I like are those that lean towards blue (e.g., my Sengoku Ashigaru is quite a lovely green). Earth tones just don’t do it for me when it comes to yoyo finishes, I guess.