FAMAS | Colony (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

Colony keeps the FAMAS in a muted military palette: light khaki over most of the rifle, grey on the grip, magazine and a stock panel. There is no pattern to lose, so a Minimal Wear copy looks almost identical to a Factory New one at normal distance. It is a sensible grade for a buyer who wants a clean khaki rifle without chasing the very top of the range.

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 Minimal Wear

The receiver, carry handle, handguard and the long barrel are painted a pale sandy khaki with a slight yellow tint. The pistol grip, trigger guard and magazine are grey, and the rear of the stock combines a khaki butt section with a grey panel near the cheek area.

Faint marks may appear on the muzzle and the top edge of the carry handle, usually only noticeable on inspect. The khaki on the receiver and handguard stays solid, as does the grey on the grip and magazine. At normal distance the rifle looks practically the same as Factory New. The plain finish hides light wear well.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The float of FAMAS | Colony ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 11% 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

FAMAS | Colony belongs to The Italy Collection, which holds 15 skins.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

Price by quality

Compared with the Minimal Wear quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 24× dearer
• Field-Tested — 2× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 2× cheaper

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

Among 6 skins of the FAMAS in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 4th by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Muted olive, sand, brown and grey stickers fit the khaki scheme without breaking its military tone. A single dark or matte sticker on the receiver side or handguard stands out cleanly against the pale paint.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float inside the chosen grade, since a low-float copy looks noticeably cleaner on the carry handle and muzzle.
• There is no pattern on this solid finish, so pattern seeds do not change the look.
• Inspect the carry handle top and magazine edges, which lose paint first.
• Look at applied stickers and a name tag, and for souvenir copies check what the attached souvenir stickers are.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a clean-looking rifle without paying for the top grade.
• Sticker crafts where barely visible marks will not matter.
• A practical middle ground that looks almost factory fresh in game.