Maureen,
A while back one of our members [who goes by SewnSo1] posted her personal pictures of the original quilt when it was on display at the Bennington Museum. The link is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68853286@N05/
if you enlarge your view [hit "ctrl +"] you can see how wonderfully bright most of it is
enjoy!!! they are wonderful!
Gus