Variation of "Tropospherical" Site Scheme

[faevii]

Title:
Variation of "Tropospherical" Site Scheme

Area:
site schemes

Summary:
I'd like a variation of the "Tropospherical" site scheme in colours that are easier on the eyes.

Description:
As it happens, the default site scheme has always been the one that I liked best. However, "best" in this case means "just about bearable" because I absolutely can't stand the colours. I love everything else about it, but those particular shades of red and purple both make me cringe - especially in combination with that light grey background.

Vertical navigation confuses me to no end, so switching to Celerity is not an option for me. I really like the colours of that one, though. A plain, white background and a shade of green that's easy on the eyes - awesome!

It would be neat if there was a version of Tropospherical that had a white background as well, maybe combined with a similarly muted colour as Celerity - it doesn't have to be green; I'd suggest blue or brown, for example. Even the default red would look better without the grey.

I'm curious - does anybody actually *like* these schemes as they are?? Could one of them perhaps be replaced? If not, what do you think about adding a third option? I know I'm not the only one who has a problem with the colours; I've come across several comments by random people complaining about them off-handedly.

Poll #4244 Variation of "Tropospherical" Site Scheme

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Should be implemented as-is.
28 (56.0%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
8 (16.0%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
13 (26.0%)

(Other: please comment)
1 (2.0%)

Comments

[denise]

The reason none of the Tropos use a white background (and the reason why originally the text was a very dark grey, not black) is because reading text that's pure black-on-white frequently can trigger ocular migraines with large amounts of whitespace, which pages have.

[tree]

oh, ha, i just commented above about my difficulty viewing large areas of white. but i didn't realise that was actually the reason for the tropo schemes. thank you!

(i mean, people having difficulty with large areas of white being the reason. not just me. i mean, i'm a special snowflake, but not that special *g*)

[starwatcher]

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Would a buff or vanilla-colored background be a good compromise? Light enough for those who want a light bg, muted enough to help avoid migraines. I customized my page to put the text on a buff/cream background; it gives me the contrast I want without the page glare.
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[faevii]

I was wondering that, too. It wouldn't clash with the red, either - red + cream = good combo.

[faevii]

(Sorry about the double post.) *deletes a comment for the first time ever, anywhere*

[kate_nepveu]

I use #fffff5 for my own reading page and would totally be on board a site scheme with that background.