To date, six individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame for their families' contributions to the cigar industry:
* Double Claro â ideal light, slightly greenish (also called Candela, American Market Selection or jade); achieved by picking leaves before maturity and drying quickly; often grown in Connecticut
* Claro â lustrous olive-brown or yellowish. Indicative of shade-grown tobacco.
* Natural â light brown to brown; generally sun-grown.
* Colorado Claro â mid-brown; particularly associated with tobacco grown in the Dominican Republic or in Cuba
* Colorado â reddish-brown (also called Rosado)
* Colorado Maduro â dark brown; particularly associated with Honduran or Cuba-grown tobacco
* Maduro â dark brown to authentic dark brown
* Oscuro â a.k.a. "Double Maduro", Cigars black, often oily in appearance; mainly grown in Cuba, Nicaragua, Brazil, Mexico, and Connecticut, USA