Actually, I understand totally where you are coming from as I am one of the ones who doesn't like to search hard for the pattern...
BUT, you have a done a great job here. It is subtle, but extremely well done. It's beautiful. I don't think that the background is too colored! Up close, it may look that way to you, but once it is laid out, and here with this pictures, it is really "perfect". Really, really pretty!