Has the Mars dust storm affected its naked-eye appearance? Mars has been undergoing a planet-wide dust storm for a couple of months now.


By my eye, while Mars currently looks a bright and handsome orange, there's been no change that I've been able to notice from this dust storm. Is it possible for an experienced naked-eye (or small telescope) astronomer to have noticed the change in appearance brought on by this dust storm?
Is it possible for an experienced naked-eye (or small telescope)
  astronomer to have noticed the change in appearance brought on by this
  dust storm?


Yes, it is definitely possible. Without dust storms it looks redder. 

Source:


The opposition of Mars, 2001: Part I - Richard McKim