I was a white/bleached muslin background kind of gal for a long time. I liked that crisp look of color next to white. I finally stretched and moved to white on white then black, then my purple granddaughter forced me to use a warm purple with scraps for a quilt. (It looked terrific. Who knew?) Now with all of that experimentation, I still like white but much more open to other colors. Lesson for me was stretch when you can and add to your options with your white/muslin as a old favorite to fall back on.