exactly!
that’s the impression I have when I watch the DELUGE videos
on the Pyramid the modes are already color coded and maybe having the tracks in yellow, the sequences in blue, and the patterns in green (for example) would be much more clearer
the waiting on a pending sequence or a pending track could be represented by a red blinking pad, mute states could be just a lower brightness on pads etc.
in short, I think there is a way to be sober with colors 
also, the principle of switching from a 16-steps grid to a 12-steps grid would be useful not only for triplets, but also for compound meters, on which a division into 12 steps would be more appropriate than a 16 steps division (since it is all about subdivisions, in two or three parts …)
programming 6/8, 9/8 or 12/8 patterns (and other compound time signatures) would be easier with 12-steps grid
