If the pink rifle phenomenon taught us anything, its that there is a large market for guns that are not black in color. Colt Defense, the original maker of the Black Rifle itself, is now offer the AR-15 in a range of colorful patterns. From the press release …

The hydro patterned rifles are quite a change from the traditional black rifle that the gun market is used to seeing from Colt,” said David Ridley, Vice President of Domestic Sales for Colt Defense LLC.  “We are happy to be offering more options to customers looking to add their own personality to their rifles.”

The new patterns are available on many of Colt’s most popular rifle models. The patterns available include: Muddy Girl® camouflage
Tiger Stripe Vietnam™ camouflage
Carbon Fiber pattern
Silver Flame pattern
Brushed Stainless Steel pattern
Wildfire™ camouflage
A-TACS FG™ (foliage green camouflage)
Gray finish
Bounty Hunter camouflage
A-TACS AU™