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Website design colors - it's a question of lightness!

Light text on a dark background/graphics of course!
25 (71.4%)
Dark text on a light background/graphics! Duh!
6 (17.1%)
Other (please specify)...
4 (11.4%)

Total Members Voted: 35

Voting closed: April 07, 2002, 12:22:16 pm

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Offline Fineus

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LoD or DoL?
on: April 07, 2002, 12:21:06 pm
This might be debated over some time or it might be over fairly quickly but... as the poll indicates - I want to find out which contrast works better for people when viewing websites...if you have anything else to add please say as much...
 

Offline Stunaep

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LoD or DoL?
Reply #1 on: April 07, 2002, 12:28:19 pm
Damn, I thought you were talking of Diablo II. :p

DoL of course. It just looks... cool

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LoD.... Me stupid, of course LoD
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Offline CP5670

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LoD or DoL?
Reply #2 on: April 07, 2002, 12:30:16 pm
LoD forever! I even have Windows set to an LoD scheme. :D

Or even better, DoD! j/k :D
 

Offline Corsair

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LoD or DoL?
Reply #3 on: April 07, 2002, 12:33:12 pm
LoD 0wnz all!
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Offline Zeronet

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LoD or DoL?
Reply #4 on: April 07, 2002, 12:42:03 pm
LoD is better, DoL is too bright for my liking. LoD is better on the eyes.
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Offline Thorn

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LoD or DoL?
Reply #5 on: April 07, 2002, 12:46:21 pm
Either works for me, so long as it isnt a white background. Too harsh. Light gray is fine though...
 

Offline Nico

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LoD or DoL?
Reply #6 on: April 07, 2002, 01:02:56 pm
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Originally posted by Zeronet
LoD is better, DoL is too bright for my liking. LoD is better on the eyes.
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Offline DragonClaw

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LoD or DoL?
Reply #7 on: April 07, 2002, 01:04:17 pm
I'll personally whip anyone that says DoL... It hurts my eyes!

LoD definately.
 

Offline IceFire

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LoD or DoL?
Reply #8 on: April 07, 2002, 01:06:56 pm
Ummm...it totally depends on what the mood and style of the site is.  There is no better or worse (provided that contrasts and balance are setup properly) in this case.
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Offline vadar_1

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LoD or DoL?
Reply #9 on: April 07, 2002, 01:33:09 pm
Other!

Pink on yellow background!
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Offline delta_7890

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Reply #10 on: April 07, 2002, 01:39:35 pm
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Originally posted by vadar_1
Other!

Pink on yellow background!


The all-powerful retina-shreding color scheme.  :D
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Offline DragonClaw

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Reply #11 on: April 07, 2002, 01:40:19 pm
Ugh I hate sites with lime background and 22 point yellow text... ugh!
 

Offline Odyssey

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LoD or DoL?
Reply #12 on: April 07, 2002, 01:41:24 pm
I feel white on black is used way too much on webpages these days... It was good at first, but now... No. Also, try printing a page like that. Printer bypasses the background colour to save ink, and you get... A white page.
So, my suggestion:


Background: #CC9900
Text: #000000

Like this


Background: #000000
Text: #CC9900

Like this

Those are supposed to be amber...

Edit: or else I'll use this colour scheme for all my posts :p

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Offline Razor

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Reply #13 on: April 07, 2002, 01:45:44 pm
I don't think that this thread needs to be sticked. :rolleyes:
 

Offline Gortef

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Reply #14 on: April 07, 2002, 01:57:12 pm
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Originally posted by RKIF-DragonClaw
I'll personally whip anyone that says DoL... It hurts my eyes!
 


I'm ready to be whipped ;7

Anyway, as Icefire said it really depends on the mood of the pages. People usually think LoD is cool, but I must say that DoL can be as nice as LoD, if done right.

(light gray background for example with some mild "bumb mapping" looks extremely nice IMHO :nod: I know... because I use that theme quite much :D And then black or other dark coloured text (dark blue for ex.) and voila, you have a wepbage "theme" which is simple but has style ;) )
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Offline Kamikaze

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Reply #15 on: April 07, 2002, 02:12:17 pm
I say DoL because that's what I use for any of my programs. When i use light colors on dark it really pains my eyes. (i hate all those IRC clients that use black backs and gray text...)
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Offline Blue Lion

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Reply #16 on: April 07, 2002, 02:22:34 pm
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Originally posted by Zeronet
LoD is better, DoL is too bright for my liking. LoD is better on the eyes.
 

Offline Fineus

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Reply #17 on: April 07, 2002, 02:55:33 pm
Ok, thanks to everyone for their input - thread unstuck since it's no longer highly important and I've completed what I wanted to do. Again - thanks :nod:
 

Offline CP5670

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Reply #18 on: April 07, 2002, 03:11:25 pm
To tell the truth, DoL annoys me to no end, especially since I am usually on the computer in the nights and the bright background in darkness really starts to hurt my eyes after a while. :p:D
 

Offline Zeronet

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Reply #19 on: April 07, 2002, 04:10:34 pm
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Originally posted by Odyssey
I feel white on black is used way too much on webpages these days... It was good at first, but now... No. Also, try printing a page like that. Printer bypasses the background colour to save ink, and you get... A white page.
So, my suggestion:








Background: #CCCC99
Text: #000000

Like this






Edit: or else I'll use this colour scheme for all my posts :p


My EYES! Arghhh!
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