i luv both, doug! i'm really still in my vibrant color mood. tractors...sigh...how i luv them! what bothers me about the colored one is the sky. for me, it's too intense and takes away from rich colors in the tractor. in this case, i would go with the toned version. it makes that shadow across the dashboard stand out more, and the sky this way doesn't take anything away from the machinery. toned gives it a more antique feel i think. this is a treasure!!!