You can use whatever colors suit you. But I can tell you that some of the guys have posted that the only thing they do is coat the bare jig head so it doesn't oxidize then tie their jigs. We can tie simply beautiful jigs with fancy paint jobs but in the end - it's what the fish want's that counts the most, if what your using works stay with it. If you want to try some other colors you could always mix two colors to get what you want and try em.