Carol - love your choice of lighter/ pastel colours. I hope you continue to post as I'd love to see how the quilt progresses with those colours. Thanks all for the reminder of values. I used to fret a lot about that, but then realized that a bright colour next to a dull colour (like brown) could have the same value but still show well together. I hadn't considered the contrast of the brown and gold, but I think it will be fine. There is so much brown (grey) in this quilt I didn't want to use a darker one. I turned the flash off and I think the colours show more true to life.