Black vs Neon Pink — 18 Months of Arguing, One Bet, and You're the Judge
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Black vs Neon Pink — 18 Months of Arguing, One Bet, and You're the Judge 🐾
Adam wanted black. Sarah wanted neon pink. We've been bickering about it ever since. Now both colours are here — and the next six months will decide who was right.
Let me set the scene. It's late 2024. Sarah is at her workbench surrounded by an absolute riot of colour — royal blue, fluro yellow, berry, teal, green. Every collar a tiny celebration. Every lead a splash of something bold.
And there I am. Adam. The bloke who handles the website, the ads, the admin — and apparently the deeply unpopular opinions.
"Babe. What about black?"
The look I got could have stripped paint.
Adam's case for black
Look — I'm a practical bloke. Black goes with everything. Black is the number one selling colour in dog accessories globally. Every second person at the markets asks us "do you have black?" and every time we say no and watch them walk away, a little piece of me dies inside.
Working dog owners love black. It looks tough on a kelpie. It looks sleek on a greyhound. It's the little black dress of dog collars — timeless, versatile, always appropriate. You can dress it up, dress it down. Black just works.
"Every market we do, at least ten people ask for black. TEN. I'm just saying."
Did Sarah listen? Reader, she did not.
Sarah's case for neon pink — and why she's probably right
Here's the thing about Sarah — she has an eye for this stuff that I genuinely don't. She knows colour. She knows what looks incredible on a dog. And her counterargument to black was not "fine, let's also do neon pink." It was "forget black — neon pink is what we need."
Her reasoning? Jacaranda Collars is built on bold. We're not a black collar brand. We're the brand that makes your dog impossible to miss — the collar that gets pointed at across the dog park, the lead that makes strangers stop and ask where you got it. Black doesn't do that. Black disappears. Hot pink? Hot pink ANNOUNCES.
"Every country girl with a kelpie or a cattle dog is going to lose her mind over neon pink. Trust me on this one."
She's not wrong. The country classy girl market is real, it's passionate, and it shares content like wildfire. One photo of a kelpie in a neon pink collar on the back of a ute and that's potentially everywhere.
How we ended up with both
Eighteen months of gentle but persistent debate. Eighteen months of "but the customers keep asking for black." Eighteen months of "but neon pink would sell itself." Eighteen months of going back and forth while making collars, laughing at each other, and generally refusing to agree.
Then one day Sarah made her first black collar. She held it up, looked at it, looked at me, and said — and I quote — "it does look pretty good."
I had the wisdom not to say I told you so. Mostly because I want to keep all my teeth.
So here we are. Both colours. Black for the working dog crowd, the practical people, the greyhound owners, the ten people at every market who asked us for it. Hot pink for the country girls, the bold ones, the dogs who already run the show and deserve a collar that proves it.
Both handmade. Both in our full range of products. Both available right now.
🤝 The Official Jacaranda Collars Bet — On The Record
⚫ Adam's Pick — Black
Black outsells neon pink within 6 months. Working dogs, greyhounds, practical buyers — the silent majority who've been asking for it at every market finally get what they want. Black wins.
🩷 Sarah's Pick — Neon Pink
Hot pink outsells black within 6 months. Country girls, sighthound owners, anyone whose dog deserves to be seen — they'll find neon pink and they won't look back. Pink wins. Obviously.
🏆 The stakes — loser buys dinner. Somewhere nice.
Every black collar sold is a point for Adam. Every neon pink collar sold is a point for Sarah.
The judge? Your purchase. Buy the colour you love and settle this once and for all.
📊 The Scoreboard — Updated Every Week Based on Actual Sales
What a two weeks it has been! Adam has his knife and fork ready to eat his humble pie...
Who do YOU think will win?
Every black collar purchased is a point for Adam. Every neon pink collar purchased is a point for Sarah. We'll update the scoreboard every week as the sales data comes in.
Are you a black collar person — practical, versatile, works with everything? Or are you a neon pink person — bold, unapologetic, your dog deserves to be seen?
Either way, both are handmade right here in Orange, NSW from the same tough PVC webbing. Same riveted construction. Same quality hardware. Same zero returns, zero faults track record. Just different enough to settle a very important domestic dispute.
Buy the colour you love. You'll be helping us resolve this argument. And frankly, we need the closure. 😄
Both colours are available across our full range — collars, leads, martingales, ute ties, bundles and more. Handmade in Orange, NSW. Built Tough for Aussie Dogs.
We'll update the scoreboard every week. May the best colour win.
(Sarah would like it noted she is extremely confident)