Forum theme background and use of colors

[Nalrach]

Hello all, something that Entilzah pointed to me ...

Navigation bar at the top of the forums (Home, Search, My Forums, Control Panel, etc). Go to Control Panel, then change the forum theme from Default to Generic. Then check the post I've linked to. You'll see what I mean.
Thankyou for your time and consideration,
Entilzah

Sometimes I was wondering people kept using color that we could barely see, and people was telling me to format my text that was unable to read. Now I understand why .. the default use black background and the generic use a brigth white & beige background.

The background I use is the default (black). The color I like to use to make a point are yellow & orange. And when it's a extra side comment beige.

My question is "" what colors do you think work well ?"'

Okay the colors (yellow, orange, pink & burlywood) that worked real well with the default background (black) are a complete wash out on the genegic theme (white) background.

[gusi]

Black with white background. Can't go wrong. If you want to make a point, use the Bold, Italics, and/or Underline features.

[Nalrach]

Okay ... here is the color we can choose.

Black ........... black ... Of course useless in default theme
White .......... White .. Of course useless in generic theme
Grey ........... Grey
dark grey ..... darkgrey
light grey ..... lightgrey
aguamarine .. aquamarine
bleu ............ bleu
navy ........... navy .........Of course useless in default theme
purple ......... purple
deep pink .... deeppink
violet .......... violet
pink ............ pink........ Of course useless in generic theme
dark green ... darkgreen
green ......... green
yellow green . yellowgreen
yellow ......... yellow
orange ....... orange
red ............. red
brown ......... brown ...... Of course useless in default theme
burlywood .... burlywood .. Of course useless in generic theme
beige .......... beige ......... Of course useless in generic theme

[Nalrach]

Sorry for posting that in double, but the generic alternate beetween the white and beige background, and a color I saw on whitethat was kinda yuck,was good in beige.

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Okay ... here is the color we can choose.

Black ........... black ... Of course useless in default theme
White .......... White .. Of course useless in generic theme
Grey ........... Grey
dark grey ..... darkgrey
light grey ..... lightgreyb... Not so good in generic theme
aguamarine .. aquamarine. Not so good in generic theme
bleu ............ bleu
navy ........... navy .........Of course useless in default theme
purple ......... purple
deep pink .... deeppink
violet .......... violet ....... Not so good in generic theme
pink ............ pink........ Of course useless in generic theme
dark green ... darkgreen
green ......... green
yellow green . yellowgreen
yellow ......... yellow ....... Not so good in generic theme
orange ....... orange
red ............. red
brown ......... brown ........Of course useless in default theme
burlywood .... burlywood .. Of course useless in generic theme
beige .......... beige ......... Of course useless in generic theme

[Nalrach]

If you want to make a point, use the Bold, Italics, and/or Underline features.

You may have a point color migth be useless (altought blue. red and green seems okay in both theme)

Forum moderator's .. you may want to place a stickit on this thread to help evryone be aware of the background and color issues.

Thanks Entilzah for pointing clairly to this issue.

[Sarpedos]

I think the best solution is to manually set a background color (highlighting) along with the text color, so that everyone sees the same thing.

[Snowdonia Honeythorn]

Yeah, stick to greens, brown, red, and blue and you can't go wrong. Anything too light or too dark just won't work with the contrast in themes.

[Pharcellus]

Use text decorations, not colors.

If this forum actually implemented proper BBCode, you could just use normal text decorations, and the site/user theme would render it appropriately.

Always use relative decoration, never absolute, because someone somewhere won't be able to see it.

[Thorongil]

Some forums have dozens of skins, all with different colors. It's not really good practice to use color at all. Let the forum software handle that. People choose colors according to their own tastes, not yours.

Instead use combinations of bold, italics, and underlining to draw emphasis as needed. The forum software can present those three formatting options correctly regardless of skin. It cannot do this with color selections.