Digital BW, The Print

Please, explain someting to me. What is the fascination with cool 
tone prints? 

Years ago everyone was raving about Seagull Oriental, I tried it and 
hated it. Too cold, too purple, too, well ugh!

I look at the cool prints that the MIS VM inks produce and to my eye 
they are way too blue.

OK, so maybe I am color blind....maybe I am just plain contrary. I 
just don't get it. Platinum prints are warm, paladium prints are 
warm, and I love them. I find MIS FS inks on Hahnemuhle William 
Turner to be exquisite. Just a bit on the warm side of neutral, but 
oh was a feeling!

So I figure that perhaps I am seeing someting differently. So this 
weekend I make three prints. A MIS-VM cool, and MIS-FS, and a MIS-FS 
Neutral. I show these to 5 different people (not very scientific I 
know). Each and everyone picked the MIS-FS print as their favorite.

So what is the fascination with cool tone prints?

Mike