I don't generally work with 8/0s much. But after several years not beading, now that I am getting back into it, a lot of patterns now use 8/0s as well as 11/0s. I like this color. I was going to go with silver, but the Hematite just seemed to have a richness to it that seemed more desirable to me at the time of purchase. No regrets. I still love it.