you can in your off hand games I do it quite often just cause I feel like sometimes
Why can't we open with black pieces as a change?

Next u will want my horsies to jump as u would like.......I like u posting but don't mess w/ my horse.
If white and black bother you, use pink and green or yellow and brown or purple and orange. You could be creative and have one player use bronze pieces with a 4 inch king and the other player stone pieces with a two inch king.
The point is that the color is irrelevant to the game. Its just a convention to signify to spectators and analysts who went first.
"soniasingh", you must be new to here. Don't expect many people on this site to be polite, respectful and helpful...the mask of the internet enables us to reveal who we really are.