YEAH!!! I am not the only NON-Blue Person...what is wrong with deep greys, black, deep plum for background. The only blue is deep deep navy blue, that looks black. All your appliques can be stunning with beautiful peaches, greens, yellows in BATIK...in fact I will try these colors. Be impressive, the deep colors show up gorgeous, don't be blah blue, white is so white, anyone can use that, use your colors you like.....be different, and more important, have fun switching. Don't forget, the color wheel is great to see the opposites, or a paint chip card, those are free at the local hardware. Enjoy, lil-gma