Get over it. Everyone uses metallic XLRs in the real world. It might be the rare occasion for a corporate event that black connectors get used with black mics.
The pope got a white mic with a black windsock and black clip...
The color of the XLR end is usually the least of my worries, you should see some of the wind screens that I have ex. bright blue, green, yellow. Plus for one offs that have multiple mics on stage I usually put colored spike tape around the XLR end so that I can tell which mic a performer has. However if Im doing theatre and the mic is in view of the audience then ill use an XLR with a black end.
Most of our XLRs are black, but matching the mic was never a concern for me.
Of course, all of our wireless mics have a large band of colored electrical tape wrapped around them, so we can tell from the mix position which is which. Aesthetics isn't a big concern here, functionality is.
Ever done The Taffetas (a great revue/musical)? YouTube video. It is de rigeur that the mic cables match the girls' dresses (pink, yellow (sometimes green), blue, and lavender).
You kids today. There was a time, not so long ago, when all XLRs were silver and all mic stands were chrome!
Not only that, but they didn't have a funny adjustable arm on them... it was either a [black] mic clip right on the [chrome] pipe, or, of you were lucky, a gooseneck
Oh, and no lightweight tripod bases, either...
That looks the tried and true Switchcraftconnector, and no, I don't hate it. If your audience is thinking that the connector doesn't match the mic, then the show must be really boring!
Oh, and by the way, your "first rule of theatre" (in your sig) is actually Murphy's Law...
I usually use black connectors...but only because I usually use Neutrik connectors which by default come in Black. If I were to use Switchcraft connectors I would use chrome connectors. Honestly the audience doesn't give a flying c*** about the color of your connectors, you're just paranoid.
Eh, they don't really cost all that much more IF they do cost more at all, at least not when you buy a lot of them all at once, especially if you get them from someone like High Output with a big order, I've had them throw in a few for free or at severely reduced cost.
Ether way...Black or Silver they are both good, and the audience wont notice. Unless your production is so boring that people start staring at the mic connectors instead of the actors...at which point I think connectors are the LEAST of your worries.
I am sorry to state the obvious, but the normal audience, unless the performance/ show is extremely dull, is not....ummm.....smart enough to worry about XLR/ mic coordination. I am not saying that they are complete idiots, but that they are untrained to the technical side of performances.
There was a time, not so long ago, when all XLRs were silver and all mic stands were chrome!
