Swatch Experiment VIII

After finding the colour combination that worked best for my favourite colour transition and pattern, I decided that I would test my own bias in favour of single-colour foreground against varying background.  

I do like the way that the varying foreground swatch turned out.  And, as before, I think that the stripes as shown above might make a nice sweater.  However, I believe that the steady background/varying foreground does the pattern an injustice.  Perhaps if the colours were light/dark reversed I would feel differently, but I think the upper swatch in the picture above is much better than the one below, even though they're both exactly the same colour and pattern.