Here in Minnesota I see panfish liking both the standard chartreuse and the green chartreuse. I use green chartreuse colorant, but it doesn't get it deep enough to really seperate it from the standard chartreuse so in a 4 ounce batch I add a drop at a time of plain old transparent green to the green chartreuse, mixing in well between drops, until I get the color intensity I want.
I will add a single drop of the same green to 4 ounces of the regular chartreuse if I have problems getting enough contrast when using the chartreuse as a seperate tail or belly color.
In either color instance, the transparent green colorant seems to be pretty strong so doing a drop at a time until a recipe is made is a must unless you want to add more raw plastic to thin things out.
Personally I find that the green chartreuse in smaller baits delivers more intensity than the yellower chartreuse and the sunfish and crappies react more positive to it. Another observation is that the further north in the state I use the green chartreuse the more productive the color is on panfish.
You should be able to see the difference in the colors I make in this picture I took for a friend to show some color and profile differences in a small ice bait I make as compared to a commercial bait [immediate right the dime]. The standard yellow chartreuse in this picture has a single dip of a toothpick in the green per 4 ounces. If straight X2 chartreuse were in the pick you'd see the difference in the standard color. The yellow chartreuse is X2. All plastic is Caney's Crystal Clear in soft.
