This Russian is cobalt/purple color with very light, thin purple sheets and swirls around the piece. My camera could not pick up on the purple hue to this and it does show in person. I want folks to know that the light purple swirls are only seen in person up close and when backlighted and are not as obvious as they would be in a light colored insulator so please do not expect them to leap out and tackle you. From a distance it appears cobalt-cobalt purplish. Domeside embossed TC - lll / 1967 and mint. I just noticed that this is also dometop embossed with a very tiny M and on the other ear top lll and is not a ghost embossing. Since these are not in the old GIFONA I am unsure if this is a new variant with eartop embossings as none of the other ones I have seen have this. $98 shipped.