Need Help Creating A Multi-Colored Background Image??

I'm trying to create a random multi-colored 200 x 200 image that will be used for a tiled background.  The attached sample image will illustrated the random effect that I'm trying to acheive just using different colors though.  Say if I wanted to use (blue, gold, white and light blue), is there a tool or option in Photoshop that will let me select the multiple colors then automatically generate that random pattern or one similar to it???  Or , is this something that I will have to do on multiple layers using filters, etc. then merge them all together??
Any help will be appreciated.
ET

I think I've come up with something pretty close enough using a combination of Filters (Clouds, Brush Strokes and Noise) once I selected a foreground/background color combination.
Thanks,
ET

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