Website Colours

papasmerf said:
And no real effort to it
Papa this is strictly between you and me since no one else is here this morning. Sheik is most surely gay. Sheik and Esco have had a torrid love affair for at least the last 16 months. Sheik wears his kilt and Esco brings dumbells for their liasions. I know, I know its sick but they are in love with each other. Please keep this confidential.
 
Fabulous said:
it's hard to get an answer from you guys for a simple question. I bet if I asked this same question from the ladies, I'd get the direct answer I am looking for.

Forget about the layout and the contrasting colours I already know that if I use a black bkg I need to use a white text or vice versa, etc.

The question is what background colour most pleases your eyes? or are men colour blind, lol

or do you even notice?

Are you daft?

I gave you a direct answer. You base your background color on you forground colors. You need sharp contrasts.
 
papasmerf said:
Are you daft?

I gave you a direct answer. You base your background color on you forground colors. You need sharp contrasts.



Do you have daft beer in Buffalo?
 
great bear said:
Do you have daft beer in Buffalo?


Daft is the only way to drink it
 
Fabulous said:
what does your faq page have to do with my thread besides hi-jacking it?

but now that you brought up your site in my thread : 1 of the reasons I am asking about bkg colours is because I recently wondered into your site and had a blinding experience. The bright blue satin sheet oh so 80's web look just annoyed me so much I clicked right off the site.
Ditto the above.........

Now on to your question.
If you have any sense of colour whatsoever you will be fine.
Use soft colour on your background and sharp defined colours for text.
IMO, I don;t think it really matters what colour you use as long as the 'theme' flows well and, as you said, is not obtrusive or visually annoying. Use your html editor and play with different combinations, you will find one that you like eventually. You have to like it as well as your page will reflect who you are.
Our site went through a few different colours over the years (light yellow, black, light purple, white) and as far as I know most liked them because they were clean, clear, easy on the eyes and it was laid out well and in a logical manner.
As far as I am concerned you can have the 'perfect colours" and your site can still look white trash.
 
Fabulous said:
it's hard to get an answer from you guys for a simple question. I bet if I asked this same question from the ladies, I'd get the direct answer I am looking for.

Forget about the layout and the contrasting colours I already know that if I use a black bkg I need to use a white text or vice versa, etc.

The question is what background colour most pleases your eyes? or are men colour blind, lol

or do you even notice?

I prefer white or some very light shade of blue or gray. I agree with the guys who expressed a dislike for pink and, yes, 8% of men are colour blind. (0.4% of women)
 
When my site was up I put alot of thought into web colours. I Kept it simple and easy to navigate and used the same colours all the way through. I was up to 20,000 unique visitors a month....I guess I did something right to keep them coming back...;)

www.wickedone.ca

Oh ya I think the videos helped my traffic also...
 
Don't think in terms of seeking out single colors but of seeking out a pallette. Find a painting or a photograph that you really like and make that your pallette master. Then you eye dropper your colors from the master whenever you need one.

I once did an Escort Agency website and my master pallette was a shot of a suntanned blond by the swimming pool with a very spread beaver and hot pink pussy. When you know this and look at the site you can see the blue sky, blond hair, tanned skin and pink pussy. Very consistent.
 
It depends on the image you are trying to project and the clientel you are going after. If you are going for the high end look you may want to stick with a white background with a medium gray smaller font. That puts all the attention on the pictures and adds sophistication. I would also use black and white photographs or photoshop edited monotone colours.
That would be a site where people would say I'll spend 350 on this escort.