Colour Scheme Critique

Hey,

I've been working on a layout for an idea i wanted to test out. It's had some serious thought put in to it and i'm hoping it'll be remotely successful. I won't go into the concept of the actual website right now, but i just wanted some feedback on the colour scheme i've chosen.

I'm aware it's a little bizzare but i'm trying to go for a unique feel. Ignore the actual content on there as that's merely placeholder text. Although the challenges etc are an actual feature of the site i'm designing.

Thanks

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I've never been a fan of dark colours, so the black is defiantly a bad start for me, I can't even put up with the darkish blue. I like websites bright and colourful like this one, they make you want to visit time and time again, bright colours always signify to me happy environments (hence a place I would like to be) :)

Thanks,

I'll try to put together a brighter colour scheme :)

The parts sticking out sort of look dirty to me, I would consider smoothing the edges to make miniature curved boxes.

Agree with Interact, I think it would look better with a white to grey background rather than a dark one. Sometimes dark templates often work well but with the intensity of the lime green it doesn't flow very well.

So you think the lime would look better with a white to grey gradient? ;D Alright well i'll make the changes a bit later when i get home ;D

Look forward to seeing the updated version Sam :)

Hmmmm... the colors seem to match decently... the font you've used is horrid though :P The font for "complete the challenge" at the top, always just makes me think bad about the site.. not sure why.

I'm not a fan of the gradient in the content box either... just me though.

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Originally Posted by Dentafrice

Hmmmm... the colors seem to match decently... the font you've used is horrid though :P The font for "complete the challenge" at the top, always just makes me think bad about the site.. not sure why.

I'm not a fan of the gradient in the content box either... just me though.

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Yeah it's just the default font i had selected. I just wanted to see how the colours interacted with each other. Thats not the content box. The black is the background and the blue on the left is going to be the userbar. I've tried a few different colour ideas and i'll post some pictures up later.

Apologies for double post:

Revised version:

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NOTE: Ignore the text on the nav. I was testing how to set everything out. I'm aware its vile :L Moving stuff around and trying different colours :D

That black on my first version actually looks appauling. I need to shift everything down to make room for the banner / logo but im up at 5 so sleeping now. I also want to change the blue of the userbar to something more like the navigation..