Don't laugh, I actually do look forward to updated pictures of Abbye! She's sooooo cute! I always notice within one or two passes when you've added a new pic!

The new Gazette color scheme is very attractive. I don't know if it was intentional or not, but the combination of light yellow and the pattern in the right-hand column has a decidedly Middle-Eastern quality to it.

There's a discussion board dedicated to Frank Herbert's Dune series that uses an almost identical pattern/ color scheme.

Abbye?? Who's Abbye??? I come here to read the sports column.

Mr. Freen, now that you mention it, I guess I've unconsciously adopted a Middle-Eastern motif...must be the desert influence.

And, Shannon, if you're looking for sports, then you've come to the right place. Lately, Abbye has become the canine equivalent of that illustrious Texas ex-boxer turned actor, Randall "Tex" Cobb. She's gettin' whupped everytime she turns around.

I love the new color scheme. And the design in the right column is very nice.

Eeeee!

That's what I call a MAJOR make-over! You changed the color scheme to red! It's, ah, just a bit strong on the eyes. The yellow looked better!

If you want a truly amazing set of "desert" color patterns, lemme know and I'll send you an attachment with some "swatches".

OK...I'm still experimenting, so nothing's set in stone (or in blood, as the color may be).

Thanks for the offer of swatches, but that's my problem...I have TOO MANY to choose from, and I having trouble figuring out the look I want.

Does this color scheme really look red on your monitor? It's supposed to be maroon (R-128, G-0, B-0), and, in fact, looks that way on my LCD screen (which isn't particulary optimal for color accuracy).

I should have been more precise. Yes, you're right. Technically, it's maroon, not red. You've raised a very interesting point, Eric. Different people not only have different monitors, they also have different brightness/ contrast and hue settings!

What you may see as "maroon" may or may not be the same as what others see. A lot of people have this problem with "avatar" pictures on discussion boards. Maybe the picture looked fine on their monitor but it's either too dark or too washed out on someone else's.

So, depending on how high either of us have the brightness and contrast cranked on our respective monitors, we'll still see different colors, even though we both understand the RGB value of the particular shade.

Still, I see it as a reddish-maroon color. If you want an outside reference, it looks like thick, venous blood, just as it starts to coagulate. Okay, that is a morbid reference. But that's the color!

If you want a different outside reference, Marilyn Manson used that shade on his album "Antichrist Superstar". He also painted the walls in his home the same color.

I know, that wonderful piece of rock-trivia must truly make your day.

Surprised the heck out of me when I saw The Gazette sporting it, that's for sure.

He also painted the walls in his home the same color.

I don't even want to know how you know that! ;-)

That's easy!

Some truly obsessive groupie mentioned it on her fan site.

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