The ink looks blah in pictures compare to other bright colors, BUT it's soooooo gorgeous IRL! There are times I consider letting it go for brighter colors that POP, but then I look at my City & Coin Purse, and I just can't... The color's too magical!
I'd say both cornflower & blue-india works all year long. But this is just me, I wear any color bags all year long, so I guess I don't count LOL. And I love cornflower (i was torn between cornflower & ink when I got my first bbag), but with blue-india coming, I'd wait for blue-india. It looks like it'll be more versatile (looovve the blue-green-grey quality of that color!)