I took the black because I'm 26 and it makes me suspicious of the mats with multicolored elastic ... In short, they are strong (although 2 of them had me literally Petes in the fingers when I tried to tie them in my hair) and the hair hangs well. I have very long hair and purposes (to the lower back) and it is really not easy to tie them correctly without having to redo all the work a quarter of an hour because everything is barred Lollipop. No worries with these elastic, pi black it goes with everything!