I did the same thing, went and looked at a GT DIB. What sold me on GB is when my wife said "I like that purple color"..... I don't think it's purple, but it does seem to have a purple tint to it, in certain light.
When my wife saw grabber blue, she said "You can get that only if you want to drive around in the Smurf mobile".
It does look pretty smurftastic if you ask me. And definitely looks better when the fat black stripes are on there.
Needless to say, I'm not getting grabber blue anymore. :shrug: