Its actually graphite, the overcast sky does make it look pale blue though. As for why the price, i don't need to sell it. I have another hood from an incident with a deer that has been repaired that can go on the car if necessary. If i end up keeping it oh well. I'm looking to recoup some of the money spent on the carbon hood i bought from Med as well. Plus as previously stated the hood is ready to bolt on to a graphite car as soon as its out of the box. As far as shipping goes I'm willing to do some driving, just not something totally out the way considering fuel prices and all.