AUG | Colony (Factory New)

Skin overview

AUG | Colony is a plain two-tone finish: the polymer body is spray-painted a pale khaki, while the grip, magazine and metal parts stay grey and dark. In Factory New the khaki reads as an even, matte coat with no breaks along the edges. This is the cleanest form the finish can take, and the simple colour block looks tidy in the hands.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Solid Color: a single colour without a pattern; wear dulls it evenly and rubs it off along the edges.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The bullpup stock, the trigger guard area and the housing around the magazine well are painted a flat pale khaki with a slight sand tint. The vertical foregrip and the ribbed magazine are a light grey, while the barrel, muzzle device, top rail and scope stay dark grey to black. There is no pattern: the look comes entirely from the solid colour blocks. On worn copies the khaki chips first on the edges of the stock, the butt, the trigger guard and the rim of the magazine well, then spreads across the larger flat surfaces.

The khaki coat is complete on every painted part, including the stock edges and the trigger guard. Grey grip and magazine look uniform, and the dark metal parts show no scuffs. In game the rifle reads as a clean, even sand-coloured body. This grade starts right at the beginning of the skin's float range, so copies sit in a narrow band.

Factory New quality — float range 0.06–0.07

The float of AUG | Colony ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Factory New quality covers 0.06–0.07 — 1% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The Mirage Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from:

• Atlanta 2017 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Berlin 2019 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Boston 2018 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Cologne 2016 Mirage Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Mirage Souvenir Package

And 9 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

Price by quality

Taking Factory New as the baseline:

• Minimal Wear — 7.6× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 11× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 11× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 12× cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

Among 9 skins of the AUG in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin is the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

The pale khaki body works well as a neutral base for stickers in olive, brown, black or muted gold. Placements on the flat side of the stock read best, while brighter colours stand out strongly against the sand tone.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the float position within the wear grade, since a solid colour finish shows chips on the stock edges clearly.
• Inspect the butt, trigger guard and magazine well rim, as these lose paint first.
• Check whether the copy is a Souvenir, because Souvenir copies come with stickers already applied.
• Note any stickers or name tag, as they change the look of such a plain finish noticeably.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Players who want the cleanest possible look of a simple khaki AUG.
• Collectors filling out a set of grades with the best condition.
• Crafters who need an unmarked base for sticker combinations.
• A tidy, flawless version of a modest finish.