Color is what catches my eye when I look at pictures of quilts--with magazines I will see a quilt and sometimes the fabric (seems they try to use every fabric in the line when making the quilt) seems to busy and lacks the needed contrast--or just plain seems boring to me. So I make a habit of always looking at the schematic drawing that shows all the blocks and is often in black/white/gray or solid colors--same with patterns--cause that lets me see what the block & quilt design really is.