Booksaver, Thank you for complimenting me about my choice of colors for dgd's afghan.
The 2.5 year old grson will have royal blue, pastel baby blue, and dusty grey blue. I found a new Red Heart Super Saver variegated yarn with blue and bright colors in it for contrast. I may need to buy more because when I got home, I believe (from memory) each skein was only 5-ozs.
The 4.5 year old grson will have a very bright red, black and white. I can just "hear" someone saying, "Hey! What's black, white and red all over?" And he'll say his afghan and somebody else will say, "No! It's a newspaper!" OR "No! It's an Avon lady at the North Pole!"
I guess those childhood jokes stuck with me and now their color references are going into an afghan. Fancy that!