We try our absoutle best to give you the prefrence of the horn style selcted, but there is no garuntee. This is a natural product, purchases should be made according to the carving on the horn, Please admire the hardwork of the carving, the rich history behind the horn and the amazing feel and taste drinking out of a horn. Every time we ethically source our horns, each batch is always diffirent it is a natural product not plastic. Modern Viking selected refers to us picking out the horn we think looks the absoutle best, artists choice. Dark shade refers to a dark tone, black,cream,dark brown, mixed with lighter colours. Light shade refers to white, light creame, lighter black, and mixed dark and light colours. Modern Viking will not accept chargers for change of mind or dislike of colour, it its the buyer obligation to pay for return postage and resending of anothe horn due to not liking the colour of a horn.