I'm refinishing a stock and I'm debating on recoil pad colors. The stock itself is a dark brown walnut which I have accented with a redwood burl forend and grip cap. I don't want a black recoil pad, so I'm debating between brown and red. I really want to use a red pad, but I feel that might be a little over the top with the redwood forend and grip cap.

What would your guys' choice be; brown or red?

Red pachmyer deluxe ventilated or a brown decelerator(leather look) would be my votes.

I'd go red. To me, brown pads sometimes wind up "getting lost" in the wood. But maybe that's what you want. I work with a lot of redwood and I really doubt that after it's finished, it will be anywhere close to the redness of the pad.

Go for the red. I like the London Guns or Silvers red pads myself.