Its interesting enough that I've lurked through a few of these phases of switch preference.
Back before the surge of Mechanical keyboards, there was a distinct "OMG BLACKS ARE THE BEST!!!". The general comments were that they're stiff enough to prevent bottoming out, and if you couldn't handle them your fingers were weak. Blacks at this point demanded a premium of ~$10 per keyboard.
Shortly after, we had a parallel surge of Browns and reds due to the lighter springs. Acknowledgement that you CAN type lighter on the lighter springs, and less fatigue meant you could go longer. However, the increase of pro gamers using reds pushed the red switches up in demand. Blacks were deemed stupid, and fell completely out of favour to the point where some boards weren't offered in blacks. This led to a parallel surge in pricing for browns and reds (similar to the blacks of old), with reds occasionally demanding a higher premium than browns.
At that point the demand for clears had grown so much that a few boards (ducky special, WASD had a limited run) offered clears. Deck was the only other maker that offered clears.
Just as I sort of fell out with buying more keyboards (thank god I managed to stop at 3 + a keypad), blues were coming into favour for typists/coders but they were more to balance demand (blacks stayed low).
Now its interesting that people shun browns altogether, and people are commonly recommending greens and whites.
Personal recommendation? play with each switch for about 20 minutes if you can. Ignore any differences in gritty-ness, as that diminishes in as little as a day of constant typing (or about a month on the longer end). 20 minutes will be enough to ascertain if the stiffer switches will cause too much fatigue, or if they're within your preference.
I ended up moving away from browns (the bumps actually made me bottom out every time), to blacks (you eventually adapt to just hitting the keys about half way... muscle memory.). Figure out which one suits your needs best, and that will be "the best" for you.