* Double Claro â appropriate light, slightly greenish (also called Candela, American Co-op Excerpt or jade); achieved by picking leaves before maturity and drying quickly; often grown in Connecticut
* Claro â light buff or yellowish
* Natural â light brown to brown; generally sun-grown.
* Colorado Claro â mid-brown; particularly associated with tobacco grown in the Dominican Republic or in Cuba
* Colorado â reddish-brown (also called Rosado)
* Colorado Maduro â dark brown; particularly associated with Honduran or Cuba-grown tobacco
* Maduro â dark brown to perfect dark brown
* Oscuro â a.k.a. "Double Maduro", black, often oily in appearance; mainly grown in Cuba, Nicaragua, Brazil, Mexico, and Connecticut, USA
Cigars manufactured in Cuba are widely voluntary to be the best, although many experts believe that the best offerings from Honduras and Nicaragua rival those from Cuba. The Cuban reputation is thought to ensue from the unique characteristics of the Vuelta Abajo district in the Pinar Cigars del RÃÂo Province at the west of the island, where the microclimate allows high-quality tobacco to be grown.