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The brightest jewels in the box are of B, A, and early-M spectra, so a nice mix of color is there for the taking.
There are some tricks we can employ to enhance the experience which work well on doublestars and bright clusters.
Lower powers: Increasing power generally spreads, dims, and dilutes color.
Bino-vision: Two incoming color signals are better than one.
Suburban skies: Our cones (color receptors) work best under higher illuminations. Dark adaptation puts our rods in the driver's seat. Some of my most vivid color observations have been enjoyed under the light of a Fat Moon.
More atmosphere: This is cheating, but perusing our prey within 20 degrees of the horizon almost always guarantees a splendid lightshow.
Happy holidays,
SJS
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