Hi Tweezy, I live in Nebraska,also. Wondering in which part of the state you are living. I'm near Omaha. I struggle with color selection and usually just follow the colors of the pattern I am using. Although, at my first quilting class they did point out the little dots in the selvage and that does help. You can look for a focus fabric that catches your eye and then use the dots for coordinating fabric. One day when I was complaining to the LQS shop owner about my trouble with color, she said to me, well, did you dress yourself this morning because you seem to look OK. LOL. I do try to remember that.