why cant we just have an orange helmet. No metallic, no chrome, no sparkle. Orange.
All this extra stuff is like the hot young kid who walks into an interview with a shiny suit. Sure, its flashy and it gets attention, but you do not look professional. We do all this junk to have recruits to "ZOMG!!!!1 THESE HELMETS fire emoji fire emoji fire emoji" and then on signing day they go to Iowa. Its cool to be flashy for a bit, but id rather have a look that will look good in 20 years, not for just a week.
And metallic specifically is horrible when it comes to color... because its metallic. You can match colors with it, because it is the color of its surroundings.
You might have it be orange, but on gameday it'll be green and blue and whatever color is around it.