I am horrible with color. I will buy it at the quilt shop and think it looks amazing, then bring it home and it just doesn't have any pizzazz. 2 Hints---go to your local paint supply store(Lowes', Home Depot etc. ) and pick up the paint cards with 5 or 6 colors on them. Then when you decide to do a quilt choose one card and use that to select the colors for fabric. Or another thing that I find helpful---use all fabric in quilt in same line, etc. Moda(company) Fandago(name of line). Good luck and just so you know----Quilting is addictive.