Card Identification Forum

Can someone please help me to understand the differences when it comes to Refracto, XRefracto and SuperRefracto as well as the different colors as well as the differences in distribution of each. Right now the only thing I understand is that the cards are identified on the top right corner under the ID number.  Appreciate the help, got a serious headache trying to read up on this.

Generally speaking a refractor gives you that rainbow effect when the light hits it, as it is refracting the light.  If you have one in hand, you can definitely tell the difference between a standard chrome card and a refractor.  Also, refractors tend to scan much better than chrome.  An Xfractor usually has some kind of grid design where it looks like the surface is broken up into a lot of little refractor squares.  Superfractors typically add some sort of texture to the surface, often adding a sort of circular effect to the refractor squares.

Colors are just colors.  They take replace the basic color scheme of the border design with red, blue green, black or whatever.

Here's a YouTube video with someone showing off some Bowman refractors (good ones at 1:36 and 1:56) and a Superfractor (at 3:45).  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtBj0FeWkTA

Here is a regular colored refractor:

http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/19111/cid/2403872/

And here is the same colored xfractor:

http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/19119/cid/2405035/