I'm in total agreement with you about green! Green = algae = not in my pool! Our plaster guy was really pushing Tahoe Blue, not sure why, although I got a hint from one of the installers that it might be one of the cheaper mixes. Anyhow... After looking at many, many pictures online and talking to people, I found that Tahoe Blue definitely has a bit of green to it. I'm guessing it's named after a lake because natural bodies of water are green-blue because of plants living in them. The ocean only looks pure blue on Sandals Resorts commercials. ;) We were between Midnight Blue and Tropics Blue and ended up using Tropics Blue (Stonescapes mini pebble) and we really like it. I think it's as close to a true medium blue as I've seen in a pool. It's dark enough to capture a little bit of heat but light enough to see the bottom clearly, and it has a really beautiful shimmer when the sun is on it. And we really like how the actual pebbles look where you can see them on the steps and in the spa. It's a really nice mix of colors. Now at some moments it might have a touch of the windex-look you're talking about. Thanks for that, by the way, I was calling it Kool Aid! But overall, it's a really nice, rich, shimmery, medium blue. I suggest that you search online for images of the exact color names you're looking at. Look at many pictures and take in the whole range. Don't just focus on one image you like because there's no guarantee of how exactly it will look in your pool, in your yard, with your sunlight, etc. Good luck!

Thanks Natural one: It's going to be a SWG pool with Goldline and a vacuum cleaner called a Hayward Navigator. The builder is California. So you don't think the Aqua Blue will hide it well? That was one reason we concidered it, along with liking the water color. Have you seen a Aqua Blue pool? Our builder is having trouble finding one right now. I am also wondering if the extra cost of the Cool Blue will make a noticible difference from the White Diamond? My husband likes the blue stones in the Cool Blue, but from the on line picutures, I don't see a big diffence in the water color.

I so feel your pain. I'm in the mist of this too. But we are not only trying to pick a color, but a finish too. Are you convinced on the product Stonescapes, because that is one of our options. I do know that anything with browns or tans will make the water have a green tint. That's what I think would happen with Aqua, but I could be wrong. I've heard that anything with a blue tint will eventually fade to grey with chlorine "bleaching" it. The darker the grey, the darker the blue of the water, especially in the deep end. Can you ask your contractor to take you to a pool he's done in the color you're interested in?

Is everyone willing to post a picture of your white pebble tec/sheen pool with details on this link ? We are about to decide (agonizing...) on the pebble color for our pool and we have always been drawn to the bright cool blue color of white pools just like int the animated movie "Moana" by Disney :-). I have read a lot about pebble tec/sheen in this forum but haven't seen a lot of people who have chosen a white color (cool blue, white diamonds, sky blue, white pearl, arctic white). I have seen a few photos scattered around it would be really helpful to see everyone's white pools on one page... I think everyone planning a light blue pool would/could get a lot out of it too. Thank you so much!!!