You guessed it, we manufactured this rope for a world renown trainer and yes, they changed their mind on the color. This rope is a double braid polyester rope! It is premium and can be used in numerous applications. Most standard double braid ropes (braided rope over another braided rope) have a cover which if you look closely *super closely* has 8 to 9 picks per inch. That is if you count the strands going up, it would be 8-9 ever inch. Yacht rope was previously manufactured to be used in the marine industry, however lately the cross over to other industries has sky rocketed. When designing this rope, we wanted to give the rope a bit more firmness, however did not want is so stiff that it is hard to work with. Polyester is a great rope with great abrasion resistant properties. Some brands of rope (not just the smaller mills, however some of the larger US mills), have had problems with their yacht ropes herniating (core coming out of the cover) when used in the equestrian halter manufacturing process. Due to the number of knots, some ropes put pressure on the core of the rope, causing it to bulge out through the cover of the rope. By adding a few additional picks to the cover of a rope, it decreases the chance of herniation, while giving the rope a bit more structure making it not as flimsy. It's a great rope and can cross over into numerous industries. We are pleased with this design and are using it for many horse trainers as well as others in various industries. Thanks, The Knotty Girlz @ www.cbknot.com