Swatch Experiment III

I had learned that I liked the blue-to-pink-to-blue transition in the background for this particular pattern, but I was still looking for a foreground colour I really liked.  I thought maybe the pink was problematic because I have a thing against pink anyway.  I tried an equivalent blue.  

I do, indeed, prefer this version to the previous pink one.  I think that part of my preference does, indeed, stem from my inherent preference for blue over pink.  This swatch also has the advantage of running blue-pink-blue instead of pink-blue-pink like my first one.

It doesn't sing like the golden mix I had tried, though.  I wrote that the pink was not rich enough for its background and I believe that this blue is also too pallid.