I'm not a wet smoker. I have multiple.Meers, this is the only one that remotely colored in this manner.Looks like your a wet smoker, it should age from the bottom of the bowl, keep the pipe up and wait, it takes years to get it right, I know from many years, I'm a wet smoker and ruined a few Meerschaums until I knew better, keep it tipped up a bit and you will get better results.