Have none of you women ever read "Where's Waldo?" Sometimes a complicated picture is the idea and calming it down is counterproductive. Repeatedly people are posting about adding sashing to calm it down. This runs counter to some basic differences we all know about. Women like nice calm romance movies while men grit their teeth all the way through it but when it comes to an action movie the women want to excuse themselves. Don't be surprised when a male of the species declines your sashing to calm it down. ( For those of you who missed it or were too lazy to read all the posts her husband has already approved her doing it with black sashing - good man. )
My wife and I learned about the difference between what we liked and what our boys like when they just wouldn't wear the clothes we had so carefully chosen for them. Most of those clothes went to the church rummage sale in pristine condition. We had to actually listen to what the boys requested and then get exactly that. Startling revelation wasn't it? In retailing they call it listening to the customer.