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I'm starting to hear some manufacturers are now making different colour rubbers. I heard from Victas that from Oct 1st 2021, they'll release a blue version of they Victas V > 15 Extra, and pink versions of their Ventus rubbers.

I also notice the ITTF have added these options to the rubber colours:

COLORS: R= red, B= black, G= green, Bu= blue, P= purple/pink, V= violet

has anyone else seen rubbers of the new colours being released yet?

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Tibhar has released a green version of Grass D.TecS and Pink/Blue versions of Quantum X Pro https://www.tibhar.com/en/assortment/rubbers/

Not gonna lie, how is this exactly changing the game?

I mean, the rule is still the same, like, 2 sides must be different in color

But a long pips in green would seem more "poisonous"

And an SP is blue will look "swift"

Anti in pink definitely gives "strange" feeling

< Definitely would buy a green LP, and blue (if possible light blue) SP >

[SMIRKING FACE]

But, financial-wise, the company will experience "tendency" issues (majority of consumers buying a certain color only)

https://a.aliexpress.com/_m0y6jm3
Colored rubbers

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMkV5Hp
PIPS-OUT (Uranus) GREEN

But the price is sure 4x the normal variant

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CHROMATIC DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN TYPES OF THE RUBBERS.
BRIEF INTRODUCTION INTO THE SUBJECT.

Our Lord dispensed "warning coloration" to all toxic creatures in the World. Hence, we can now see toxic toads in blue, and toxic gnats in pink. This is the surest way for us to instantly differentiate a toxic specie from an innocent one.
With the view to better benefit all our table tennis players, we have determined the specific colorations to be mandatory for rubbers of Anti and Long Pips types. Rubbers of the types are known deliberately used by players as destructive & deceptive materials. Those rubber materials are deemed to be a very close analogue to the toxic toads as aforesayed. The "toxic" rubbers should have a permanent warning coloration easy to recognize at play, -for the sake of fair play, -we believe it is salutary for our sport.
-- Anti's all shall be in blue + black + red (limited validity)
-- Long Pips all in pink + black + red (limited validity)

Below is the graphical Chart of valid colours.
For informative purpose only.

https://vk.com/doc199930161_610870077

They should have done D.Tecs in a dull vermillion

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Octopus has been out for a long time (I had a yellow sheet of it a while back). It's not ITTF approved, incidentally. The green Uranus is newer, though. Remember Bernadette Szocs using a pink sheet?

As far as I know there's only four additional colors allowed, and you still have to use black on one side (unless they've changed that part of it). As per Haggis's post - yellow doesn't seem to be one of the options.

Iskandar

Thanks for the link. I downloaded their catalog, there's some interesting stuff to read and compare in there. One thing I found interesting.. there's NO MENTION whatsoever of Evolution MX-K.. Looks like you can only buy it from Nexy. Tibhar won't even admit it exists...

Iskandar

WELL BEGUN IS HALF DONE

Under initial phase of the Project, ITTF will stop auithorization of newly developed rubbers of Anti Spin type in red and black. All the Anti rubbers intended for authorization will have to come solely in blue colour.

WELL BEGUN IS HALF DONE (2)

Likewise, ITTF will stop auithorization of newly developed rubbers of LP type in red and black. All the LP rubbers intended for authorization will have to come solely in pink.

THE "TOXIC RUBBERS". WHAT IS IT ?
Road to success is always under construction, you must know.

The recent decision by ITTF to allow a massive release of rubbers of 4 more colours onto market should be a very challenging experience. It is an untrotten path so far, and some mishaps and failures may well occur there. However, we must go on improving towards the best reasonable colour scheme. The proposed restriction of colour selection for the "toxic" rubbers of LP and ANTI types should make a lot for the good of the sport, we believe strongly.

Question people asking foremost:
Q. - How do you construe the term of "toxic rubber"?
A. - The one that is able to produce erratical and/or abnormal ball bounce (= spin reversal).
The LP and Anti frictionless rubbers are the most typical representatives for toxic covering materials.

Be happy.

Not gonna lie, Igor's idea is smart.

Idk how the change will affect colorblind people

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Iskandar

That's the ITTF list as of October, 1st 2021.
R red, B black, Bu blue, P pink, G green, V violet
(sorry for the ugly formatting...)

Brand Product Color Pimple Type Approval Code
Andro GTT R,B,Bu,P In 03-035
Andro Good R,B,Bu,G,P,V In 03-036
Andro Hexer Grip R,B,G In 03-043
Andro Hexer Powergrip R,B,G In 03-044
Andro Rasanter R48 R,B,G In 03-049
Blütenkirsche KKT 911 R,B,G Long 212-003
Blütenkirsche KKT 110 R,B,G Out 212-004
Blütenkirsche KKT 119 R,B,G Out 212-005
Blütenkirsche KKT Sakura R,B,G,P In 212-006
Blütenkirsche KKT Three Nine R,B,G In 212-007
Decathlon Pongori TTRB 100 Spin R,B,P In 189-002
Der Materialspezialist Kamikaze R,B,G Long 118-025
Der Materialspezialist Firestorm R,B,G Out 118-027
Donic Acuda S1 R,B,Bu,P In 21-011
Donic Bluestorm Z1 R,B,Bu In 21-049
Donic Bluestorm Z2 R,B,Bu In 21-050
Donic Bluestorm Z3 R,B,Bu In 21-051
Donic Bluestorm Z1 Turbo R,B,Bu In 21-052
Donic Desto F1 R,B,Bu,P,V In -
Double Happiness / DHS Hurricane 9 R,B,Bu,G,P,V In 24-055
Gewo Neoflexx R,B,G In 29-018
Gewo Nexxus El Pro Super Select B,G In 29-024
Joola Dynaryz ACC R,B,V In 40-036
Joola Dynaryz AGR R,B,V In 40-037
Joola Dynaryz CMD R,B,V In 40-038
Joola Rhyzen CMD R,B,Bu In 40-039
Joola Micron R,B,Bu,G In 40-041
Spinlord Irbis R,B,Bu In 108-007
Spinlord Minotaur R,B,Bu Long 108-028
Spinlord Gepard R,B,Bu Out 108-029
Stiga Star*** R,B,Bu In 68-045
Stiga Star***** R,B,Bu In 68-047
Tibhar Quantum X R,B,Bu,P In 74-031
Tibhar Grass D. TecS R,B,G Long
Victas V > 15 Extra R,B,Bu In 117-011
Victas Ventus Limber R,B,P In 117-025
Victas Ventus Stiff R,B,P In 117-026
Victas Ventus Extra R,B,P In 117-027

Some of the rubbers just have the ITTF approval but are not yet available (as of December, 6th 2021).
Have fun picking an interesting rubber with a new color.

Anyone got any intel on how these new colours play compared to the traditional red version of the same rubber?

I already know the differences between how red and black rubbers play due to the effect of the dye on the rubber. One of your rubbers has to be black so there won't be any change there. I can conceive however that these new colour dyes may have differing effects on the rubber compared to the red.

I also like the personalisation aspect of it (...mind you I make custom bats, so surprise surprise ) Personally I really like the look of some of the purple-ish rubbers, but given the prices of the early releases I'm not ready to take the dive just yet, unless it's worth my while in terms of hardness / longevity / performance.

So? Anyone actually tried any of these new colour rubbers in the wild yet?

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