I said something similar to my daughter, who is about to start sanding her first project, an ash Jazzmaster-ish guitar. She pointed out that she had taken that into consideration, but she needed it not to clash with other color choices in her room.
I'll be her assistant on this project, and it will be the first time that I have applied a solid color without having botched an attempt at staining first... So... Lilac you say?