@jthomas -Yeah, I think you summed up what's happening with the color pretty well-
An overall muted palette with bolder pops of color.
The balance of muted colors vs bolder colors changes from piece to piece, but that's the overall impression when we look at the dream portfolio as a whole.
I tend to go overboard with analyzing colors, using the eyedropper tool in photoshop to see what's happening with hue shifts, and with saturation/value percentages- but that's not necessarily going to be valuable to everyone. I'd only worry about it if you find yourself struggling with getting the colors to look the way you want them to.