Does colored vinyl sound as bad as picture discs?

The issue is how good the recording was made, the mastering, the cutting and pressing, and also very importantly the quality of the vinyl plug used. Only virgin vinyl is best, recycled vinyl is not as quiet. All the major NOS vinyl pressers bemoan the hard to obtain and quality virgin vinyl for modern pressings.

My old puke colored Dave Mason Alone Together that I've had since 1971 when it came out sounds great and much better than some of my Classic recent releases, such as the new Coldplay that was pressed on total junk vinyl. After one pass it has devloped "potholes" where the vinyl had no elasticity as the stylus passed over and now these micro chips are permanent. That crap vinyl is brittle at the groove stylus interface. More like a foam than a solid. Same thing with the recent Classic pressing of The Who's Quadrophenia. And no, it's not my stylus.

I have Tommy, Who's Next and Quadrophenia. Tommy is the only one that is defect free. All the way through Baba is this right channel scratch noise that is irritating to the point that the disc is no longer playable. Side two is defect free, thus this is a pressing defect. Side two of Quadrophenia has several similar defects; the other three sides are defect free, but side two happens to be my favorite complete side of that album. My MCA reissue pressing of Who's Next is somewhat better but is not defect free; it has several pops and ticks in places that make them clearly audible and distracting. My old Who's Next on Decca is still my best version of this classic rock recording. For shame to the nu vinyl wannabees. I still think they are trying to press too quickly, need to leave the biscuit in the press a little longer, and need to use higher quality vinyl.