Black plastic or white plastic?

[aznanimedude]

too used to black cubes, just like the color contrast between the stickers on a black cube, and i like darker colors anyway (and white on black more than black on white)
not that i hate white cubes, they just personally hurt my eyes a little bit xD

 

[Stingray970]

I'm more partial to the black color due to the contrast, but I think white looks nicer.

I end up getting both colors for all of my puzzles for sake of completeness.

 

[fastcubesolver]

I use all black cubes. Recognition is easier, and the white cubes appear cheaper than black ones.

 

[Ninja Storm]

I voted other, mainly because I can use either white or black cubes ^_^"

 

[maderito]

After using black cubes all along, I bought a white one and almost couldn't solve it at first. I handed it over to my son who loved it immediately. So like the forum, our household in split between black and white cube preference. I even re-stickered the white cube with the same Cubesmith stickers on my black cube. I still couldn't see the colors accurately.

 

[soldii3runit]

I voted other, mainly because I can use either white or black cubes ^_^"

lol your the 1%

I picked white as Im trained to the white side and a white cube + white stickers makes it easier for me to locate pairs

 

[MWilson]

My first order of speed cubes was a black and a white GuHong. I switched between them randomly, so I just got used to it. I don't think there's any objective difference in ease of recognition, it's just that like anything else you need to have practiced it. Now I randomly switch between my normal color scheme (cubesmith half-bright) black ZhanChi, and a white ZhanChi with black in place of yellow (so black/white opposite) and purple in place of red (orange/purple opposite).

I actually much prefer the white cube in feel and color scheme.

 

[aznanimedude]

except general consensus was that white cubes were smoother than black cubes (at least as far as i remember from the whole force cube issue with the zhanchis) because of the type of plastic used to make black cubes)

so white might be better for people due to it being and feeling smoother?

 

[JohnLaurain]

I voted other because I like colored cubes the most, and I use black and white about the same.

 

[Braydon]

I can use any cube color it doesn't seem to affect my times but I personally use white cubes because I think they look better and I like the color white

 

[Chrisalead]

Both. I started with black cubes but now I prefer white plastic. In fact I use both now, it depends on the feeling of the cube more than its color now.

 

[ottozing]

for 3x3-6x6 i have to use black plastic because im too used to it. for 2x2, 7x7-1x1 and random twisty puzzles that i dont practice (skewb, square 1, pyraminx, etc) i can use any colour plastic. with that being said, i still prefer the feeling of white cubes over black cubes but i cbf switching D:

 

[SweetSolver]

All of my main puzzle are black. But if I want something that I'm not going to compete with I'll probably get white.

 

[blackzabbathfan]

I prefer white because they look a little more fun. I have a white set of 2x2-7x7. Though I don't really care which color I have to use. It doesn't really effect me.

 

[tx789]

I like prefer black bbut my 5-7 and skewb ar white

 

[ben1996123]

Any, but I can't solve with black stickers on a white 3x3

 

[LNZ]

I own both black and white puzzles in my collection. And both in almost equal amounts.

I aim to own one black and one white version of most puzzle products I own.

Example: I brought a black V-Cube 6, so the SS6 I brought was a white model.

And as I own a black SS8 (PB ~28 minutes), I will buy a white V-Cube 8 when it comes out, when it actually does sometime in the far future...if at all!

 

[Yuxuibbs]

I have both black and white cubes and I prefer my black cubes mostly because it doesn't hurt my eyes when I cube outside.

 

[Tall5001]

I prefer White. I started out like everyone on a black rubiks brand but when i went to order my first cube i wanted to be different and ordered white. I find that recognition on a white cube is easier then on a black. Also the stickers just are more colorful on white. For example the red on a X cube was like ugly if it was on black but on white it was perfectly fine. Also it seems like the white cubes have been better plastic then the black recently. Im not saying they are just that they tend to be. Im not sure why but the White zhanchi is better then the black and such.

 

[pdilla]

The contrast on black is what decides it for me. It is much more pleasing to the eye if you got a black cube with bright stickers. The recog is best imo.

Although, I still have my white cubes because they just feel so much better when you turn them. So, most definitely perfect for BLD solves I think...