I absolutely love this design; the colors in it are just stunning. I know there are those out there who think that there are way too many colors in these designs and choose to eliminate a few of them. But I say, there's a reason why these designs have so many colors in them--it's to create realism, subtle shading and details. Someone will ask what is the difference between this color and that color, and my answer would be, all the difference in the world. Yes, some of the colors may be similar and almost the exact same shade, but they aren't. DMC wouldn't make the exact same color shades and put different numbers on them, anymore than these companies who make designs into charts would have different symbols for the exact same color. I think the more colors you use the more realistic the designs become. I know it's kind of expensive and lot to go through to select, separate and label all the colors needed to complete the designs, but it's well worth it in the end.