Thanks for the updates. I think it confirms you had it right the first time. While I'm ranking these now, in the end a committee will choose the winner so if you're in the top, as you are, you are right where you need to be to have a shot. It's getting tough to make some of these calls but your design keeps speaking to me in an impressive way.
On color, it might be worth two dark blues, I'm not sure I'm sold on the purple, but the new blue was too light.