Ice is shaded dark with grey base and you lose more detail but keep out the max amount of UV and light. Blue has the bronze or as I call it rose base and is more detailed and for me more pleasurable to wear. Blue polarized and VR28 polarized were the goto for fishing and boating and advertised as such in the SJ07 modelsHow does the blue compare to ice iridium? I've never had a blue iridium