Hi Daniel, Yeah, Saturn is cool for sure. Mars is a lot more difficult especially at present when it is at it more distant position from us. It is also a small planet, unlike Saturn and Jupiter ( Cool also ).
Colour fiters will help give some detail, blue and yellow\orange I beleive but being small and bright it also suffers from our atmospheres disturbance while viewing. I suspect some patience, a good clear still night, dark adaptation and better still a bigger scope to handle a higher magnification will be the best answer.
It is not an easy viewing target as most will attest.
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