I may make 100 different images and each one is different. Typically, the composition is similar, but the colors are all chosen randomly so the color becomes very important.
Mark Wilson, Travess Smalley Profiles Mark Wilson
If you're working with four colors, the thread controller can pick up whatever color it should be at that particular point on the image that you've designed.
Joan Truckenbrod, The 1970s Artist-Programmer: Truckenbrod, Dehlinger