Granny square blanket / Color study

Wait til you see all the yarn I bought.

Trying to figure out the palette. I want to introduce some COLOR (not too much) into my living room, which is very neutral.



Three color dimensions:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munsell_color_system

1) Hue (red, green, blue, yellow...)
2) Value (lightness/darkness)

3) Chroma (color purity)

Different colors/values create contrasting concentric rectangles...do I want contrasting concentric rectangles?

http://www.yvestown.com/archives/the_shop/

I could do stripes in similar hues:


I could do large blocks of a few different colors of similar value, or gently graded values, to avoid a too-busy stripe-effect:




A single accent color:


A single framed accent color:


A couple of accent colors:


A couple of framed accent colors:

Unless noted, pictures found on Etsy - can't remember where :(
Technique Inspiration:
http://sarahlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/hawaiian-flowers/