Yes Fajita, Im afraid your fabric choice didn't help you here.... in fact it reminds me a lot of those colourblind tests!!!
The background should have been a plain solid or blender in a completely different colour to the ribbon with the twist should be a darker shade of whatever you chose for the ribbon, if you see what I mean.
Im surprised you could piece it actually very confusing, but I bet if you used some different fabrics following the guidelines above and having a look at others blocks you would feel a lot less Nyeh about it!
Still it is a block of the month, so off into the BOM HOF you go ....