What Happened to Spring?

I was trying to make a dent in my untried polishes and pulled out a color from the OPI Spring 2012 Holland Collection.  I picked Wooden Shoe Like to Know to start with.  This was another good in theory but poor in execution manicure.

I started with two coats of OPI Wooden Shoe Like to Know then stamped China Glaze Cross Iron 360 on top using Bundle Monster plate BM 19.  Why on earth is such a dark color included in a spring collection?  Brown is just not my color, even if it includes copper microglitter.