# Rank yoyo colors from your most to least favorite
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [May 21, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601 "2019-05-21T21:41:58Z")
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### Author:  [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/1 "2019-05-21T21:41:58Z")
I have a strong preference for solid colors which makes rankings like this a bit easier. But for those of you who like splashes over solids, just think of the yoyo’s “main” color.
1. Red, blue (including aqua and teal)
2. Purple, gold (including copper)
3. Achromatics: black, white, gray, silver/raw
4. Pink, orange
5. Green
6. Brown, yellow
The odd thing is that I actually have more green yoyos than pink and/or orange yoyos, even though I like green less.
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### Author:  [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/2 "2019-05-21T22:49:35Z")
1. Pink/purple
2. Shiny
3. Red
4. Green, Blue, White
5. The rest
6. Black
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### Author:  [@chaosgow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chaosgow)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/3 "2019-05-21T22:52:14Z")
1. Pink
2. Raw
3. Everything else is trash
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/4 "2019-05-21T22:53:58Z")
You can kinda tell this from popular yo-yo drops in solid colors. For example [the Metal Yeti](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-metal-yeti/296267/18) sold out in this exact order:
1. Purple (big time fast)
2. Black
3. Blue
4. Silver
5. Gold (by a large margin, the least desirable color)
Unfortunately there wasn’t a red in there, but I suspect red would do about as well as Black, e.g. it’s almost as popular as Purple?
You can also _kinda_ tell from the [Mantis and Marquis](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/color-finish-distributions/299412/3) blind box ratios, too, that these colors were expected to be the most popular:
1. Red
2. Black
3. Blue
4. Green
(Not offering purple was a big mistake though :wink: … I _personally_ would say purple is the most consistently awesome color in anodized aluminum. Sorry it’s not pink @chaosgow but… it’s related? )
Let me ask @da5id – when you make solids, which colors consistently sell out first? and I’m sure @YoYoExpertGarrett can speak to this too, or @MrYoyoThrower?
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### Author:  [@chaosgow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chaosgow)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/5 "2019-05-21T22:57:24Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Sorry it’s not pink @chaosgow but… it’s related?
Close in pantone but completely off in brightness. The main reasons I love pink are that it clashes perfectly with yellow string, and it’s bright and uncommon in nature/homes so you get the best visibility in the most situations. Making it objectively the best colour for yoyos you play with.
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### Author:  [@Marm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Marm)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/6 "2019-05-21T22:59:11Z")
I like the way you think :joy:
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/7 "2019-05-21T22:59:21Z")
> [@chaosgow](#):
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> it’s bright and uncommon in nature/homes
Is it really _uncommon_ though?
[https://blog.colourfulrebel.com/en/these-pink-airbnb-houses-are-every-girls-dream/](https://blog.colourfulrebel.com/en/these-pink-airbnb-houses-are-every-girls-dream/)
And I’d argue purple was one of the hardest colors for humans to create, historically:
> Purple fabric used to be so outrageously expensive that only rulers could afford it. The dye initially used to make purple came from the Phoenician trading city of Tyre, which is now in modern-day Lebanon. Fabric traders obtained the dye from a small mollusk that was only found in the Tyre region of the Mediterranean Sea.
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> A lot of work went into producing the dye, as more than 9,000 mollusks were needed to create just one gram of Tyrian purple.
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### Author:  [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/8 "2019-05-21T22:59:47Z")
1. Green
2. Orange
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.everything else
I’m collecting mainly just green and orange throws 🙂
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### Author:  [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/9 "2019-05-21T22:59:50Z")
I agree with Gentry Stein that aqua is the best color for competition performance. 😃
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### Author:  [@chaosgow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chaosgow)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/10 "2019-05-21T23:01:15Z")
Hardest to make =/= best for yoyoing. You’re just being silly now.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/11 "2019-05-21T23:01:58Z")
you said
> [@chaosgow](#):
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> it’s bright and uncommon in nature/homes
I don’t think pink is all _that_ uncommon in nature, or people’s homes!
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### Author:  [@Marm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Marm)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/12 "2019-05-21T23:02:55Z")
1. Raw/ rose gold too if we’re counting that
2. Hot pink @chaosgow
3. Purple
4 gold (has to be shiny, similar to first run chief) or aqua
4. Rest is sorta what ever
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### Author:  [@witchgrinder](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/witchgrinder)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/13 "2019-05-21T23:03:03Z")
1. Purple
2. Black
3. Everything else.
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### Author:  [@Marm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Marm)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/14 "2019-05-21T23:04:07Z")
When is he not :wink::joy:
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### Author:  [@da5id](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/da5id)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/15 "2019-05-21T23:12:31Z")
Strangely there doesn’t seem to be a discernible pattern. Andre and I have talked about this a lot and tried to figure it out.
One thing I know is that Teal is doing really right now.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/16 "2019-05-21T23:13:57Z")
Really? You wouldn’t even agree that Purple and Black _always_ do well? That’s the pattern I see with most solid releases in terms of which sells out first.
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### Author:  [@TurdFerguson69](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TurdFerguson69)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/17 "2019-05-21T23:30:40Z")
Half swaps are my favorite. I am not particular to one color. I like brigth colors and for each yoyo to be a different color if possible. I don’t care for black or raw yoyos. Brown is meh too.
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### Author:  [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/18 "2019-05-21T23:32:05Z")
I generally always like aqua.
A shiny polished finish is the best in terms of looks though and a shiny polished pink, silver, or gold is right there at the top of my favorites.
Just look at the polished unprld abductions. They. Are. Stunning. Recess diplomats silver and gold also come to mind.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/19 "2019-05-21T23:33:53Z")
> [@andy569](#):
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> Just look at the polished unprld abductions. They. Are. Stunning.
Yeah polished stuff is underrated IMO, and looks _especially_ good on the models with lots of “diamond facet” cuts like the Abduction.
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### Author:  [@MrYoyoThrower](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MrYoyoThrower)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rank-yoyo-colors-from-your-most-to-least-favorite/302601/20 "2019-05-21T23:34:55Z")
I have no data to offer you other than to point to target demographic as a question mark. I’d be curious to see what colours of the YYF DV888 sell best (beginner/kid targeted) as opposed to the Metal Yeti which is more older/experienced yoyoer targeted. I’d be curious about price point as well. Do lower cost items sell better in blue?
I do think it’s hilarious that 8 years ago when I was trying to get King Yo Star into stores I was told that pink and purple didn’t sell well.
I’ll let you know Friday if black or red sells out faster with the Metalhead release. I’ve also got blue, black and red for the SETI dropping, that day.
All I know is I’m going to be making more solid colours because anno screwups are killing my margins, lol.
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