Gangly,
I don't think color matters too much..What I do think matters though is introducing the fish to something new..

Three years ago the county opened up 7 new lakes..and only 4 boats at a time could fish those lakes..folks would sleep all night in their trucks to get a spot on the lake.When we fish those lakes we still have to fill out a creel sheet and release ALL bass. The first 2 months every lake was yielding many 10 pounders and each fishermen was catching up to 50 bass each and more..After 2 months..fishermen were only catching 3 -5 fish and nothing over 2 1/2 pounds..The fish wise up..Those first 2 months the fish were biting anything that was thrown,,ow..the only thing that seems to work now are shiners..live bait..