Alright. So going for midnight blue from desert yellow:

Xelphatol apple to start the timer
2 apples no message
4 apples with message
4 pears with message
25 berries with message
1 apple with message
1 pear with message
1 apple with message
1 pear with message

My thought is that with that many berries I might hit the max blue and having apples and pears before and after will help darken it without losing too much blue.

5 hours left 'till result.