ah...so the yellow tones make them look sickly. ok. THANKS, Kort! Yeah, i didn't care for those tones either...changed them to a darker brown in the gallery version, but perhaps that's what people don't like about it. Thanks a bunch for your input!!! my preference was #2...the one you said was too hi-key. LOL! Kemal said the same thing you did about #2, so i kept working with it.