The word anodize is a loosely used term and therefore creates confusion.There is a world of differance between aluminum anodizing and the anodizing done on ‘reactive’ metals. Although aluminum anodizing uses electricity as part of the process the colors produced are dyes and are not a product of the electrical wave. Aluminum anodized bikes have a color that is perfectly smooth and flawless over a large area. If one looks closely at an anodized titanium frame one will actually see a somewhat more ‘mottled’ color because it is the direct representation of an electrical pulsation or wavelength.