I'm not sure I'd say it was "bad" - it just isn't the same blue. You could say the same thing about the red moderators - probably don't match the red stocks well either. I have to say it's growing on me. This gun is such an amazing piece of technology combined with the beautiful way they put it together, I'm not really complaining about that. As Scotty1 said, blue is likely difficult to anodize. If it bugs me after a while, I'll look at it in black, or switch brands. I was planning to buy the upgrade pack, which includes a black version of the silencer, but after talking with my sales person at AoA, she convinced me to go with an upgrade to the bipod, and I went with an upgraded adjustable butt pad that has an integrated adjustable bag rider. If I went with the upgrade pack, even though it had those things, it wasn't that great a value if I wanted to upgrade. The Accu-Tac BR-4 gen 2 bipod was a good call - I find it really easy and quick to use. They were out of the upgraded butt pad, so I don't know about that yet. I think the gun really needs that, though.