A background should sit behind the text, not in place of it. This paragraph lies on the tile at its true scale — if it reads without effort, the tile can go under content.
Muted sage and khaki motifs with mauve accents sit on a grey-lavender ground, with large diamond medallions alternating with square blocks in a staggered grid, and small four-pointed star-like sprigs filling the gaps between them.
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