Black plastic or white plastic?

[BlueDevil]

My friend had some white cubes, and I liked them so I made my orders for white cubes. Ever since, I like the look better, and find that recognition is easier.

 

[ketchuphater999]

I like white cubes for the look, and just for recognition purposes I replace white stickers with black ones if not done already.

 

[E3cubestore]

This thread really surprises me.

We always buy black and white plastic in a ration of 3:2 or 2:1 because we tend to have way more people buy black than white.

I expected to see a similar trend on the poll but now I don't know what to think lol.

 

[IoriYagami]

Remember how Mikey Jackson sang: "It don't matter if your cube is black or white"?
As long as there are no white stickers on white cube, and black stickers on black.
And my first random $2 cube had white-on-white TILES. :fp As if having unsightly bright eye-burning 'acid rave' colors on other sides was not enough. Ugh! That's one ugly cube.

 

[Ralinda4]

Why no white-on-white stickers/tiles? I have white stickers on my white Zhanchi and I think it looks great. Black on white looks good too, and it stands out more, but I think white is better.

 

[E3cubestore]

I think he's suggesting that white on white and black on black are racist configurations, he might just be right.

Lol I vote with him on that as far as preference, I hate both white/white and black/black

 

[IoriYagami]

LOL, nothing to do with racism!
White on white, black on black is just plain ugly! The sticker doesn't stick out of the frame of the puzzle, it looks like there's a sticker/tile missing, it looks odd and unsymmetrical. Symmetry is beatiful. One color should be frame color, and no stickers should be of that color. I also like color symmetry.
For example, opposite colors have to be opposite and similar in some respect.
On a regular rubik's cube it's white vs yellow, red vs red+yellow(orange), blue vs blue+yellow (green). So opposite sides have an added yellow shade.
On a megaminx, opposite colors are usually the same with a different lightness value: grey-white, red-pink, blue-cyan, green-pastel green etc.
And that's all while black is a neutral plastic frame color.
Yes, I might have OCD.

 

[A Leman]

I don't know exactly why but I prefer white cubes.

 

[storebought]

I like black for my 3x3 cause my first cube was black, and white for everything else because it is cleaner and more aesthetically pleasing (to me)

 

[Cheese11]

This thread really surprises me.

We always buy black and white plastic in a ration of 3:2 or 2:1 because we tend to have way more people buy black than white.

I expected to see a similar trend on the poll but now I don't know what to think lol.

By the looks of the poll, your 3:2 ratio is around correct.

 

[Sillas]

Black cubes to me. White are much brilliants and this hinders my sight.

 

[YddEd]

WHITE FTW!!

 

[NOLAcuber]

I prefer white puzzles. I don't have a problem with color recognition but I've also got a bright set of cubesmith with purple instead of white stickers. White puzzles just look cleaner to me.

 

[Vipervenom9]

Black for me, I seem to get less distracted by things when using black.

 

[Bapao]

White works well for me. I tend to use stickeless cubes as I don't compete anyway...I find the transition from stickerless to white easier than from stickerless to black for some reason. So if I do ever compete, I'll most probably use a white cube as it takes me less time to switch.

What really throws me off is black stickers on a black cube instead of white (in the case of gray scale stickers for example). Pieces seem to disappear and it takes me ages to find them.

 

[Cheese11]

May I ask why everyone that white uses it? And vise versa?

 

[Tristan97tfj]

White because I prefer the look, im relatively new to speedcubing so it shouldnt make much of a difference to me. My times will improve anyway(pb is 35 with a rubiks store bought, average probably about 45-50 with it

 

[Kaboom]

I tend lean toward black cubes. Personally, white just doesn't "feel right" for me. Never tried another color, though. I'd like to, but too hard to find.

 

[scotzbhoy]

I'm used to black, and since I've always preferred black cubes I'll always buy black cubes, as to me they just look better, and it looks better having all my cubes black. But I've also no problem with white, and if I have to borrow a cube and it's white, it has literally no effect. I also have a white V6. For me to say black plastic is superior to white and vice-versa in terms of performance is ridiculous, I can understand why they may be subtle differences due to the manufacture of the plastic/mixing different colours of plastic etc., but when speedsolving I cannot possibly see how there can be any different.

 

[Bapao]

There may be a small difference between the plastic used in black or white cubes in terms of how a cube performs, but I feel the difference is negligible for the average cuber as myself. The whole "Force Cube" farce put the subject back into the spotlight briefly, but I don't think black vs coloured deserves the attention it's getting anymore. We've kinda been there and shrugged it off.

I for one certainly notice that many white or coloured cubes feel smoother than black cubes, but it's not something I'd go out of my way to promote as an actual benefit.

I think I prefer white cubes because I prefer not to have the black base colour as an optical "separator". I mostly have a white stickered face on my white cubes so white is already a given colour to solve on those. A black base adds up to seven colours and I seem to see the black base as I solve. For others, that black base will vanish as they solve. I still notice it for some reason though and it effects my recognition. Hard to explain really...I've tried black stickers as opposed to white ones on black cubes, but then things go horribly wrong. I no longer perceive the black face at all at some points during a solve.

As said; hard to put into words.