I feel there is a "controlled" scrappy which is a number of colors but in lots of various fabrics and then there is "SCRAPPY" where you just pick up a piece of fabric and go with it. I never liked scrappy anything when I first got into making quilts. Then I decided to try one of Bonnie Hunter's pattern, her Pineapple Blossom pattern. Made it very scrappy and fell in love with "SCRAPPY". Of course once it was quilted I loved it even more as I feel the quilting adds to the quilt itself. I normally don't do the same pattern if I can help it but made this pattern again but "Controlled" scrappy and fell in love again with scrappy. Here are the 2 quilts, both ended up as wedding gifts for 2 couples. Also showing the quilting on the backside. Used the same quilting patterns for both, one in I think white/creme thread and the other in a red thread which was also my 1st time using a colored thread. Loved it.
Now I make mostly scrappy or what I call "very colorful".