Admirable. People called him that a lot; did they maybe think that was what he was aiming for? Because admirable sounded like a good thing to be, but everyone always said it so... uncertainly, like Quigley was doing. Toby only watched, tried to gauge the professor's reaction, and nodded.

As usual, other people's answers were confusing him. He couldn't comprehend disliking anything someone got him. Even if it wasn't his kind of thing, the fact that someone had gifted it was the focus, wasn't it? And even if you truly DIDN'T like it... Toby didn't know if honesty was the best policy or if hiding it or trading it really was the best idea. It hurt his head to think about, considering it wasn't a scenario he ever pictured for himself. And as for mean gifts, like Zander had mentioned... the pure concept just went over his head. Why would anyone do that?

Okay. Well. WELL. He was not going to dwell on all that confusing stuff. A COLOUR CHANGING CHARM, then. That sounded cool, and Toby wondered what kind of adventure they could have with this. He listened to Quigley's instructions, wand already out and twirling between his fingers while he used his free hand to somewhat awkwardly loosen the knot of his tie and slip it off his head.

On with the show, then.

"Colovaria. Colovaria." Easy enough, right? And picturing colours was easy too. And a point of his wand? Nailed that wand movement years ago. He pointed his wand at the tie now, the green of Slytherin firmly in his mind (green was first purely because they were outside, and outside always made him think of green). "Colovaria."

It was difficult to determine whether it was EXACTLY the right shade of green, but it looked close enough to him. He might have asked a nearby Slytherin if he could use their tie as a comparison, except that everyone here was practicing the same spell so... that would be difficult.

... Toby squinted at the tie. The secondary colours were still black, probably because he'd not focused on changing them as well. A few more seconds of squinting later, Toby pointed his wand at the tie again, said "Colovaria," and, badabooooom. Silver. Silver and green. Nice.