masks - color and pad preference?

[DG]

I have 3 masks now, black with black harness, red with black harness, and navy with navy harness. The last is my newest acquisition and I have not used it yet. All are from Honigs and all have Honigs doeskins on them.

I have 3 colors of shirts, the standard navy, powder blue with navy and white trim, and the cream. With standard navy I have been using the red mask. The navy shirt has red trim on it. With cream I wear the black, and the reason I bought the Navy was to match up well with the powder blue with navy and white trim shirt. Previously I have used the black mask with the powder shirt. The red and navy were bought on sale at Honigs.

All three are extended masks, but on the black one I have an extra throat protector and I have been using it exclusively for the last 2 weeks, since I got hit in the throat for the second time in my career 2 weeks ago. The pitch was a swinging strike three that bounced up under the catcher and must have rode up my leg and hit me in the throat under the throat protector. I was wearing the powder blue that day, and did not have the navy yet.