Or are the colors too strong?

Just look at the Donna Fujii High Contrast Summer color fan. The colors in the fan are fabric & aren't quite as bright as they appear online. (I have this fan, so I know.)

http://patricianwinter.blogspo.....d.html?m=1

Color Alliance "Contrasting Opalescent Summer" Palette it's being compared to;

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o_W0.....summer.jpg