I like racquets with not much contrasting decals, etc. Black or white, with minimal stuff on them.
Pretty much agree.
I used to think it didn't matter for me, but eventually I tried a few different rigs that had a lot of contrast with their paint schemes. The nCode generation of the Six.One 95 was primarily bold red, but had white areas at 3 and 9 o'clock on the hoop. That contrast was surprisingly distracting for me on more than one occasion when I sampled that frame.
Maybe I'm such a fan-boy of Volkl that I'm secretly willing to forgive them, but the black and yellow look of my C10's from a couple years ago doesn't mess with my eye despite what is also a high-contrast paint job. Maybe the yellow makes me happy in a tennis setting?...
It turns out that my eye is also rather distracted by a racquet in my hand that's bright white. I don't remember my first run-in with this issue, but when I first saw a Babolat Pure Strike with that white finish, I knew I wouldn't even take a swing with one if I had the chance.
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