When I fabric shop I have a quilt in mind. Whether it is a 2,3,or 4 color quilt. I'll stop and look, not close tho, picture the quilt in my head and then go from there. I don't have any color I am drawn to. I did a red, black and white, then a brown, cream and burgandy, now I'm getting ready to do a moss green, black, pink and yellow. All the quilts have turned out quite pretty tho the colors are a tad unconventional.