Oh boy- ABSOLUTELY NOOOO OFFENSE meant towards the original, 8-color pattern... But, wow! I am seriously in LOVE with the 16 different colored string "Variation" of this! But, awww geez... I'm already foreseeing 3 hours of pawing through my strings now to get as close to MATCHING those exact 16 colors as I possibly can. Ugh, it takes me long enough to pick out 4 or 5 gradient colors- but 16?! Welp. There goes that whole "being in bed before midnight" plan I had... ❤️ 👍 ❤️ 👍