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Apart from a light center cell, is there anything else that should be considered when choosing canopy colours? I'll probably go with a stock canopy, but was just wondering.

Thanks

Will

One base jumper defends that his rainbow canopy reduces bust factor. "The pretty colors make everyone happy!" And happy cops don't take you away for trespassing.

If you feel like analyzing your deployments from video, having the top and bottom skins in different colours might be a good idea.

And of course, stay away from Pink and Purple Shit.

I put different colour stabilisers on my Hornet to help packing. Dunno if it'll help on BASE canopies.

The center rib should definitely be an off color. It is critical to be able to identify the center of the nose when packing.

Also, I'd recommend stealthy colors if you jump somewhere that law enforcement can be an issue. Colors will need to vary, depending on your jumping environment, of course.

Welp, I'm hosed.

Mine are black & gray. Predominately black.

My friend, who has a macabre sense of humor to begin with, even commented... did you have to pick colors that are so depressing?

Though I am no expert. I have heard they should not be a dark color because if you do any night jumps, your canopy really tends to blend in with the sky. You might want something bright so you can at least see what is above your head. Of course this would make you more obvious to the local law enforcement officers...

Im looking forward to jump my new BLACK FOX whit purple centercelle and stabilizers.

I dont know about the collar/nigth thing.I belive that if i fly normaly its okay.Its more inportant that my headding is away from the object.
I did chek my cannopi the first 15 jumps or so,but soon as you know it,you can feel if somthing are wrong.I do the same thing on my Crossfire 99.
I do know that it migth is a wrong thing to do but it work to me.I werent i dougth that somthing were wrong when my toogle were blown.Then i cheked to se what were wrong.

Um, I think that's the idea. If you are doing night jumps, it's often because of the bust factor, in which case you want the canopy to blend in with the sky.

I've never had difficulty seeing my canopy in flight (my first canopy was navy with black lines). Then again, I've never had a serious malfunction at night, so I've never tested this in a pressure situation.

All in all, if you live in a BASE-unfriendly culture (like the U.S.) and plan on jumping at home, I'd recommend a stealthy (i.e. dark) canopy.