I have a lighter one as you can see in my pic. I prefer the nearly black ones but don't understand the color variation in jars. I have seen some gold ones on Aquabid. My LFS has a very dark 4 inch jar for $99. Another one that they got was dark. The small tank that it is in has a black background and live plants and the fish is fed crickets. I get better color in my jar feeding it wild caught shrimp as opposed to farm raised shrimp. What are your observations.