We think that the Colours and Conservatory models are simply the best bows you can buy for the money, and probably the best value available anywhere. They are identical in their playing charactarisics and differ only in the surface finsh. The Conservatory is the traditional black, and the Colours has a copper color closer to that of wood. They are suitable for instruments costing between $900 and $2,000 (or more.) If this is all that your budget will allow, we consider this bow to have about 80% of the positive playing charactaristics of the CodaBow Classic.