I like the white one better but yes it will get dirty. Even as much as I love purple I think the second has too much purple. If you change the size of the paws I would try to keep with 4 or 2 paws on each row, after all a tiger has 4 paws. Maybe you could find a purple tiger print,that's asking a lot but we get purple prints for the Ravens around here. Not everyone loves purple but it is for the school so maybe they could take it to the game or whatever, on the wall of their family room or game room. Principle's office would look nice, the principle needs to buy it.lol I like the pinwheels in the corners too.