I still have not settled on a particular pattern, or color combination for any of the arrows I make. What I have settled on, or rather, what I seem to always do is stain the shafts a shade darker to the nock end. So all my arrows, no matter what color combination, have the same stain; dark/rear to light.
Also, I avoid crown dipping.
I think it looks nicer to see the arrow past the feather.
Showing the arrow through the cresting pattern I also like.
I did two other dozen, which I will photograph alongside these. Each is a different cresting pattern.
Ralphie