My husband gets what I knit for him, so he has a heather green, a grey and nice dark blue all done in the John Anderson pattern. His new pair will be cream, but I haven't decided on the pattern yet. He has very thick calves, and I shudder to think of them in an argyle or any other two color combination. Good grief, that's too much for they eye to take in, so I'm voting for what looks best on the individual.