If I can pick, white. Advantage > no advantage.

Black!

No...no white...ummm..no..red....no, no, no, BLACK! Yeah....yeah...ummm....

YAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!

*Flips game board over and storms off*

white, I like to start and react to their reaction.

I pick colours based on political parties but that doesn't work well for chess at least in the UK.

In most games I have to be red. Everyone gives into me because they know after a few glasses of wine I'll move the red pieces anyway

Black because I'm terrible at going first.

As much as this thread seems to be a bait thread, what I am goin to post is answering hte question.

I choose White, as White goes first. Plus, I generally win more often when playing White.

Crystal Clear. (I prefer Glass Chess where one set is Crystal Clear and the other is Foggy).