Some of you recall a little memory trick from HS biology: Roy G. Biv, a made up name that serves as an acrostic to remember the color spectrum of natural light order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

Starting with red, it has the longest (slowest) wave length . . . all the way in steps down to violet with the shortest. Think rainbows.

The red starts disappearing in water at shallow depths beginning at less than 2 feet. It just becomes gray. Down there at the blue end of the spectrum, those colors hold true deeper.

God only knows how a fish eye works, what it sees. I recall seeing a video of what the world looks like through a cat's eye. Nothing much human about that.

Takeaway: Red, oranges and yellows would be very inconspicuous and just "shades of gray." Greens rather neutral, the blues and darker would hold color the longest (deepest) and thus show the most contrast.

Water, since it is denser than air, takes the longest waves (red) and slows it down so that it loses color the fastest. Scuba divers know this: colors are great to about 40 feet, then it is like color TV going to a black and white.

Just a guess on my part, I haven't research it, but since water continues to "slow down" colors at greater depths, that the colors each revert, through steps, in reverse order as their wavelengths are slowed. So, violet at a certain depth, becomes indigo, then a little deeper becomes blue, then all the way up to red then disappears into shades of grey after a certain depth.

Black and dark colors work well at night, seems almost illogical, because a dark shadow gives the most contrast in dark night water where there is little or no light to reflect.

Summary: clear water lets light penetrate deeper so all colors "hold" deeper; murky waters eliminate light and colors disappear quicker, dark colors are spotted by fish easier.

Brad

Some of you recall a little memory trick from HS biology: Roy G. Biv, a made up name that serves as an acrostic to remember the color spectrum of natural light order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

Starting with red, it has the longest (slowest) wave length . . . all the way in steps down to violet with the shortest. Think rainbows.

The red starts disappearing in water at shallow depths beginning at less than 2 feet. It just becomes gray. Down there at the blue end of the spectrum, those colors hold true deeper.

God only knows how a fish eye works, what it sees. I recall seeing a video of what the world looks like through a cat's eye. Nothing much human about that.

Takeaway: Red, oranges and yellows would be very inconspicuous and just "shades of gray." Greens rather neutral, the blues and darker would hold color the longest (deepest) and thus show the most contrast.

Water, since it is denser than air, takes the longest waves (red) and slows it down so that it loses color the fastest. Scuba divers know this: colors are great to about 40 feet, then it is like color TV going to a black and white.

Just a guess on my part, I haven't research it, but since water continues to "slow down" colors at greater depths, that the colors each revert, through steps, in reverse order as their wavelengths are slowed. So, violet at a certain depth, becomes indigo, then a little deeper becomes blue, then all the way up to red then disappears into shades of grey after a certain depth.

Black and dark colors work well at night, seems almost illogical, because a dark shadow gives the most contrast in dark night water where there is little or no light to reflect.

Summary: clear water lets light penetrate deeper so all colors "hold" deeper; murky waters eliminate light and colors disappear quicker, dark colors are spotted by fish easier.

Brad

Lots of colors produce well. After some time and success you will find your favorites. I certainly have mine. Having said that, It's really one of the least important choices that you will make about fishing soft plastics. Choosing the appropriate size and action is usually more of a factor than color. The most important thing by far is to master the art of worm fishing. Bringing that piece of plastic to life and developing a sense of feel that will just about tell you when a fish is looking at it takes time.