Hello, what is the opinion of those colored meerschaums? I bought one that is blue but had someone tell me the chemicals in the paint are harmful? The paint is not applied in the chamber or inside the shank. I can detect no smell of chemicals. I mainly bought it to look at but was curious. I actually see other sellers of meerschaum advertising they don't use unhealthy chemicals as a selling point. The way the coating looks it almost looks like food dye cause you can sew the meerschaum through the dye or paint.