Setting new standards for stupid newbie questions - wetsuit color

[joe rock]

I got very bold and just bought a new wetsuit that is black & gray:blush:

 

[Manta Aria]

I Love black and gray. One of my earliest dive buddies like Pastels!! PASTELS!!! At 6'5" tall 300+#, PASTELS!!! I always tried to remain just in his visual range just in case Posiedon decided to strike him for his audacity , I could swim over and try to lug him back!!! When I told him this he responded that at least he wouldn't look like a seal with black and gray. He knows I don't like the idea of being a Carcharodons chewy toy .:redhot:

 

[Trisha]

Which wetsuits look better after a year's hard diving -- black or neon colors?
I'd say the manufacturers are trying to limit the choices, since neoprene does not age well on the shelf. That's not the problem. Limiting the available sizes is the real problem!

 

[Walter]

Yum yum yellow is actually orange, like life vests.

 

[spectrum]

I think inventory is part of it black, dark blues are always "in fashion". Nobody's making a fashion statement when they don one of those. Nobody wants an out od fashion suit on the rack.

Contrasting available sizes vs color inventory is another biggie. I'd rather be able to buy the perfect fit in 1 color that lots of poor fitting suits in many colors. This creates a filter at the brand and store level.

As I mentioned in another thread my wife has pink and yellow accents against royal blue and the visibility is nice. It is a custom suit.

The lighter brighter colors loose their pizzaz in pool water and don't usually age that gracefully. Everything will show.

As much as the magazine would have you believe that the divinf population is a bung of "hard bodies" my experience is to the contrary. If a dark color males us look a bit more trim that's an easy vision to buy into.

Color is valuable especially in fins I find since following is when it's most beneficial. After that a bright hood is a good thing too.

Pete

 

[Cokedude]

The main reason is after 20 ft for so,everything looks black anyway....Paul

 

[TPreston]

The predominant wetsuit colors seem to be black with either blue or yellow highlights. Of course there are also some shockingly bright ones that seem to look best on nubile, young, LITTLE lasses. Well I'm none of those so no worries there.

My question is why do so many people (everyone I have seen so far) choose the blue instead of yellow? I would have thought yellow would be good for visibility. Does it scare away the fishies? As if my thrashing will not. Or are divers just the shy, retiring, wallflower types? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA - not from what I've seen!


Not to worry, my questions will continue to plumbs the depths of stupidity. It keeps me humble - as if there was a choice:11doh:

My wetsuit is all black and i do worry about looking like a seal. I have heard that most things underwater that are bright in color are poisnous so you may less likely be eaten. My fins are bright green so maybe the sharks won't bite my legs off before i have a chance to swim away.

 

[ProfessorAronnax]

I have to think we don't see many colored wet suits are due to problems with fading, and discoloration

Rap

 

[String]

Whatever colour suit you get after a while of use it'll look faded and grey. Buying a black or grey one just saves time

 

[Bobbydan Emerson]

I was trained by a U.S.Navy deep sea diver and he told me something very valuble stay away from yummy yellow I kid u not ,I also have a friend who graduated from the california marine institute and he echoed those same sentiments they stated that the best colors are neon colors its not about fashion its about saftey yours if you dont want to look like a seal try matrix slippery wetsuits now u will find a thousand divers that will tell u what Im telling u is bull but the choice is yours to make I hope I helped answer your question.Bobbydan