I've discovered that I am drawn more to the sharp contrasts now.
Used to be I liked the more muted colors, but now they don't interest me that much.
I did this by "Copying" and "Pasting" the quilts I thought prettiest, went through them to weed out the ones I would never get around to making and found the ones left were dark and light. Strong contrasts are what I want now. Next year, who knows?