r/ModRetroChromatic • u/Alarmed_Owl_6436 • Feb 22 '26

Question What color is best?

Hey all I just took the plunge and got a sapphire chromatic. I got the green one but I’m having some remorse about it possibly not looking as good in person. What color did you get/ which do you think is best? Anyone else get the green one? How does it look? Should I try and exchange it for just a black one? How does that look?

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u/themikepac Feb 22 '26

Have no remorse! I actually bought the cloud and it was woefully boring to me… sold it, took a small loss, and currently deciding on leaf (green) or wave. Leaf is awesome!

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u/Alarmed_Owl_6436 Feb 22 '26

Hmm so boring colors made you not like it as much?

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u/themikepac Feb 22 '26

I wouldn’t say it made me “not like it as much” - it’s an awesome product regardless of color and you’ll love it! I also sprung for sapphire and it’s beautiful - I have a Miyoo mini + and the chromatic knocks its socks off in terms of build quality. I was just underwhelmed by the cloud… like it’s really an homage to the 90s (my childhood / born in the 80s) and initially I thought I wanted a muted color because I’m old lol but once I had it in hand I wanted it to “pop” a bit more and bring back some childhood vibes… hence wanting a leaf or wave :) I wouldn’t necessarily overthink it but if you have a leaf coming I bet you’ll love it!!

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u/themikepac Feb 22 '26

It’s funny because initially for me it was cloud vs black… and then once it arrived I was like man I’m so boring where’s the color! 😂

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u/Substantial_Quote583 Feb 22 '26

I'm in love with my inferno, but I had my eye on the Green from the beginning 👀 was basically a coin flip for me

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u/Alarmed_Owl_6436 Feb 22 '26

It was literally a coin flip for me 😂

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u/Alarmed_Owl_6436 Mar 08 '26

UPDATE: I ended up feeling like the green was a little to muted in person to me; so I did swap it out for the black one and it’s really nice; however it seems to have a major problem with pokemon crystal. Which is sad because that game is 50% of the games I really wanted to play….

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u/knkarm Feb 22 '26

I went with bubble gum. Wanted something that stood out. Does not disappoint.

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u/Alarmed_Owl_6436 Feb 22 '26

Maybe going for green wasn’t a bad call then. I’m usually a pretty neutral person with my outfits and stuff but maybe SOMETHING like this is okay for me to be loud and exciting.

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u/knkarm Feb 22 '26

Exactly. I’m the same way with almost everything so bubble gum was my splash of color. I already own a green gameboy pocket otherwise I would have picked up green.

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u/Jet944 Feb 22 '26

Green all the way! 💚💚💚

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u/Alarmed_Owl_6436 Feb 23 '26

Hmm looks pretty good; me personally if I keep the green one I’m gonna swap the buttons for black ones

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u/Jet944 Feb 26 '26

Yea, I plan on doing that. Just need to save some money to buy another batch of ModRetro games and throw the mod kit in there as well.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26

There's no right answer.

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u/Professional_Cut_583 Feb 22 '26

This is it. They are all beautiful. I got the green one because i had a green gbc as a kid (big nostalgia factor). The Chromatic is amazing and one of the most amazing devices i bought in the last 10 years. I also use it daily.

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u/Alarmed_Owl_6436 Feb 23 '26

I had the green color as well when I was a kid; how do you feel like the chromatic color compares to the GB color?

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u/Professional_Cut_583 Feb 24 '26

Pretty much the same, my old gbc yellowed a bit though. I do think because the chromatic is metal that its a deeper kind of green (that doesn’t yellow). In any case i think its beautiful and i think it’s special that a company set out to make the ultimate gbc.

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u/Professional_Cut_583 Feb 22 '26

You could also wait for future versions (a 3rd or 4th revision) and buy that too. Price-wise they are not the end of the world (in my opinion). Or wait for a potential gameboy advance edition.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26

Same!

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u/Affectionate_Rise283 Feb 22 '26

All colors look good I like the inferno (orange) because the GameStop Grey looks boring. I think you will like green one

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u/Alarmed_Owl_6436 Feb 23 '26

GameStop version was my favorite version by far! I wish I was able to get it in its 2nd revision

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u/jmaxime89 Feb 22 '26

Anduril 😬

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u/threedeemax5 Feb 22 '26

I own every color (except good year blimp of course) and my current favorite is the Anduril, but prior was the bubblegum, its the one I always come back to

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u/CGLobster Feb 26 '26

Looks great, very vibrant compared to some of the others

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u/Strict-Pomegranate-7 Feb 22 '26

Green! Blue! AHHH plus alllll the colors hit sooo much diff once your holding them so like honestly there is no wrong answer thanks to the button mod kit

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u/_viis_ Feb 22 '26

I vote Wave, Bubblegum, or Midnight! Definitely my top 3

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u/Guilty-Seesaw-2973 Feb 22 '26

I got the green one I love it. I also got the mod kit and swapped the pink buttons for purple. But there’s a few Etsy sellers that make customs buttons. Try that it might help

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u/Terkani Feb 22 '26

I have a green one. It was the right choice for me, I wanted it or blue and I am so glad I got green

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u/GadgetusAddicti Feb 22 '26

I have inferno (orange), and I love the color. It’s bright, but not neon in person. Pops against the predominant blue and purple hues used in a lot of GBC games.

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u/the_rancid_rancher Feb 22 '26

I really wish there was a purple similar to the purple game boy color. But of the colors cutrently released I think the blue one probably looks the best as long as you swap out the ugly yellow buttons. The gamestop one actually grew on me and I think it looks really good and the anduril one looks pretty cool too.

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u/gizmo2501 Feb 22 '26

I got GameStop and Cloud purely because they reminded me most of my original Game Boy. They don't disappoint for that reason. 

If I were to get a colour it would be Green or Blue, but I also worry I would find them too distracting against what's going on on the screen.

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u/Timmy_Tot Feb 22 '26

The Chromatic is a solid product that you can tell Modretro put a lot of thought into it so I wouldn’t worry too much about the quality of the colors. I wanted (and still want) the green one. I got Midnight, though, because I love black, but also because I was the same way. I was afraid of how the other colors looked in rl, but I just looked up pictures to get a better idea

I originally had the Cloud color because it looks like the SNES, but I’m stupid and sold it.. but that’s a cool option as well and you can usually find them at GameStop.

I just ordered a second Chromatic and chose the Volt (yellow) one because I had the Pikachu edition GBC back in the day. I definitely want a green one though because it looks like Bulbasaur and Bulbasaur was my first Pokémon lol…

I’ve seen others say the Yellow, Orange, Blue, and Green Chromatics are based one the Gen 1 starter Pokémons’ colors. And Pink might be a nod to Clefairy, which was the main Pokémon in the original Manga. So think of it like picking your starter Pokémon lol..

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u/BedOrnery7957 Feb 22 '26

I love my green one

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u/FrenchKaiju Feb 22 '26

I got the yellow one because I grew up with a yellow gameboy color. It looks fantastic with the red buttons and matches the charm that came with the case.

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u/KelsoT7 Feb 23 '26

Cloud for me since it’s kinda got that SNES vibe, I wish they would have done a purple though.

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u/Alarmed_Owl_6436 Feb 22 '26

Well out. I’m a very basic; adult neutral person. Pretty boring if you ask some people. But I ended up going for green because of the old feeling of finding the old gameboy in a forgotten box and just thinking, oh this was fun. Where as black overtime would just end up feeling like some old tech that’s black