I tend to agree with you both.
The Midas lines are not really the sort that lend themselves to two tone in my opinion and there's been some brave attempts which personally I think are a big 'fail' but beauty is in the eye of the beholder after all.
However having said that I have actually contemplated two tone myself, or more accurately I suppose triple tone. I was also thinking along the lines of the Gold Leaf Team Lotus colour scheme or Rothmans. It's something I've been seriously contemplating with one of my Mk2s particularly as I'm intending doing a bit of motorsport with it.
You could switch any of the colours round and use the general pattern as a guide