TOPIC: grey jedi

I haven't gotten to the Legacy comics yet, but what caused the Imperial Knights to have grey/silver blades? Were their crystals natural or synthetic?
I bring them up specifically because does anyone actually consider themselves a "Grey Jedi"? As far as I under stand the situation with the IKs, they considered themselves Light Side, and the Jedi Order proper considered them Grey.

So it becomes a question of "what do the individuals in question consider themselves to be?" If they consider themselves a Sith who knows better than everyone else (like Darth Bane), then they might gravitate more toward the red end of the Saber Spectrum; if they consider themselves Jedi, they may gravitate more toward the traditional blue/green/sometimes-yellow; if they consider themselves as something apart from either, I would say it's purely a matter of preference.

Examples:
A young Jedi comes upon the teachings of Qui-Gon Jinn regarding The Living Force, and they don't think the Order takes them seriously enough, they would stand apart from the Jedi while still being very much Light-Side, and would probably seek through The Force for a natural crystal that most suits them.

On the other hand, a Jedi General during the Clone War damages their saber in combat and needs a new crystal, and while not falling to the Dark-Side still aren't near as well balanced as they once were, there are no natural crystals to be found on the planet they're on, so they fasion a synthetic crystal that ends up creating a more indigo blade, reflecting not so much Force Darkness as much as simply being jaded and worn out of balance by the relentless combat.

A Sith Lord (no longer an Acolyte, not yet a Darth) is on a mission, things (as Deadpool would say) 'go sideways', but their life is saved by a Jedi, and while they're not anywhere near turning to the Light-Side, they do have serious doubts about Sith Order and the Darths that run it, so they create a new saber crystal that truly reflects their newfound 'balance' and carve their own destiny. (For the sake of argument let's say their blade also ends up closer to indigo than anything else.)

damn dude that is the coolest thing I have heard in a while, especially since your last example pretty much is how my guy becomes a grey jedi, he was an inquisitor, who was told to kill an innocent child, but couldnt do it, when the grand inquisitor saw his weakness, he was going to cut my character down for his failure but then they were attacked and a despite a bad injury a jedi saved him an nurtured him back to health. The jedi sensed the good that was still inside him. that being said, what would you recommend between purple or indigo? I'm scared with purple being too pink, but also scared of indigo being too blue.

Yeah, I still very much dislike this idea.

If purple was for those who walked the line close to the dark side, then Anakin would have had a purple blade originally.

Qui-Gon was very closesly straddling the line between force focused and combat focused, often being referred to as a Guardian as opposed to a Consular in the old EU, which doesn't explain him having a green blade.

Ahsoka's Clone Wars lightsaber was Green. Don't even slightly tell me she started off focused on the Force. She was far more combat focused. Plus, her second lightsaber was Yellow-Green, which isn't even explained.

The Temple Guards had Yellow sabers, so I'd like to know why those are Yellow. If anything the Guards should be Blue because they are more comabt focused.

Both new and old explainations fail to answer the Dark Saber, so either way I'd like a bloody answer to that.

Plus I dislike it not only because its a terrible explaination, but because it absolutely screws over the construct your own saber idea that has often been so prevalent, it stops someone making a saber with a colour that they wish, and prevents non-force users creating lightsabers, as not colouring the crystal using the Force would almost certainly stop it working.

The only things that are canon about what this guy said are that crystals gain their color after being attuned and installed, and that Sith crystals aren't synthetic. Nothing about color reflecting the user's nature or Force use is canon.