As others have said, it depends on the chip and inlay graphics, but I'm pretty partial to an off-white gradient for more 'classic' looking designs. For my set I went with the gradient.
This design led me to a funny idea. I live in a small town in Germany called "Kirchseeon" (Kirch - See - On). Kirch in english is Church, See in english is Lake.
Born is the fictional western village Churchlake City, home to bandits and all sorts of evil villains.
And I took inspiration from a famous Rocker Club and tunred it into a Poker word play. Et voila:
I'll add a gradient later. Might actually do this, as well on the new hybrid web mold, haha. Oh boy Started out wanting one set, now I'm on three... Send help