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Yes, HDA is gray so it does mess with transparent colors. I fish a lot of black/blue flake and dark watermelon brown red flake so HDA works great with those colors. It also makes baits a lot tougher so you will get a lot more fish per bait.
Just say NO to salt! (You will read why in the posts)....unless you don't mind one fish per bait!
Andy