In my book, you can never have too many black GMs. All of your shawls are very different so no, I do not think the black POO is overload. But of course you are preaching to the choir here. I love the way the black background "pops" the design. The black POO is a beautiful classic- it absolutely can be dressed up or down and it will never go out of style. Some of the larger designs are a slightly bit more casual and hip, IMO at least. I almost always buy the black cw of a new issue.I have a question for everyone here---is it possible to have too many black background multicolored H GM shawls? I just purchased a circa 2004 black background pierres d' orient GM and am wondering if this is overload---this is in addition to my black Brazil, black marwari, black ex-libris (OK, maybe this is a different category...). what do you all think???