Discoloured Flags?

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I was going through my gear today, and I noticed that my good flag (the only one I used this year, unless it was extremely muddy) was discoloured. The bottom half (half with the ball) is the colour of the flag when it was purchased, but the top half, the half that sticks out of my pocket is way different shade, it's lighter and looks really bad.

I'm guessing this is because of all the games I did under the sun this summer. Anyone have any similar experiences?

I guess I'm gonna have to make a stop off at Honig's to pick up some new flags.