I realize what you're saying, but I guess it's how a person's mind works. I never choose a pattern idea by the colors -but I don't know how to tell you how to do this. Bree123 has a good idea, take a picture with a black/white setting (first tell the LQS people or whoever owns the quilt you're looking at why you are taking the picture. With the color eliminated it will force you to focus on the design.