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I guess it depends on the eye of the beholder! Pre-2000 I'd say silver, post-2000 I've used black spokes for every wheel I've built, pretty much because the spoke ends blend into the black hubs. Mostly that's through choice but even if I wanted to, just try finding straight pull silver double butted decent quality spokes easily (and on wheels that take a hammering, easily found replacements are a key consideration!) Then again if I'd not been getting black spokes at trade for the last set of wheels with silver hubs I'd have gone DT silver competition spokes for them.When black spokes started appearing they looked awful. I can deal with it on current high end wheelsets etc, but older wheels should be handbuilt & feature silver DT spokes. I guess I am saying Black spokes, to me are a dead giveaway that a wheel is pre-built.