My DH has a queen size bed in his room and HAS to sleep on flannel sheets - summer and winter. He bought a set of VERY thick, heavy flannel sheets at Target that were dark red plaid. I washed and dried them first and OMG what a mess in the water, etc. So, repeated. Still yet, after several washings, his mattress pad, etc. are now pink. He loves the sheets though, but next time, we will be buying a lighter color. It is quite hard to find good quality, thick and heavy flannel sheet sets though.