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[HM666]

Long time Cowboys fan but I would change that document background that is a light blue. The Cowboys really do not have a light blue color in their colors. Its more of a gray color. The light blueish color does not make sense.

EDIT: UGHH and that roll over effect on the forums, again that is a light blue I'd change that to gray to match the team colors.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by HM666

Long time Cowboys fan but I would change that document background that is a light blue. The Cowboys really do not have a light blue color in their colors. Its more of a gray color. The light blueish color does not make sense.

EDIT: UGHH and that roll over effect on the forums, again that is a light blue I'd change that to gray to match the team colors.

There's not any light blue in the palette. All the colors used are official team colors. I used all official HEX code colors.

The color you're talking about is #a5acaf and it is the one they use for the facemask color.

The other official "grey" colors in the Cowboys official palette are #a2a4a3 and #828a87.

Here's the official palette:

[HM666]

I realize that it may not actually be light blue, but it looks like a blight blue on my screen. Maybe making it a little darker would help.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by HM666

I realize that it may not actually be light blue, but it looks like a blight blue on my screen. Maybe making it a little darker would help.

I tried that #828a87 and it was just too dark. The other two "grey" ones look more light blue than the facemask color. I have white BG styles as well, each one has a different favorite player in the header.

The Cowboys color palette is the most screwed up one in all of sports. I miss the old grey color the pants used to be in the 70s, myself.

Otherwise, what do you think? Review?

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by HM666

I realize that it may not actually be light blue, but it looks like a blight blue on my screen. Maybe making it a little darker would help.

On further review and after going with the darker #828a87, I think you might be right. It's growing on me.

Have another look.

[HM666]

Yeah I think that is better, its not blinding me lol. The other lighter color was a little too stark.

[Gio~Logist]

There is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much blue going on. I would go with white as a base, with blue accents and headings for a more modern feel. This is just way too much blue.

From a design perspective, the fact that you're using so much blow and then have white text makes me eyes unable to go to one place. All your text is the same color, including links.. so there's no "call to action" that makes my mouse yet alone my eyes want to go to a certain area.

The header itself seems pixelated on the top left, all in all I would suggest going with a new Style to help capitalize on the user base and content (which seems pretty good).

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by Gio~Logist

There is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much blue going on. I would go with white as a base, with blue accents and headings for a more modern feel. This is just way too much blue.

From a design perspective, the fact that you're using so much blow and then have white text makes me eyes unable to go to one place. All your text is the same color, including links.. so there's no "call to action" that makes my mouse yet alone my eyes want to go to a certain area.

The header itself seems pixelated on the top left, all in all I would suggest going with a new Style to help capitalize on the user base and content (which seems pretty good).

Old style was just as you described and was crap. It's still selectable in the style chooser. The Blue style IS the new style.

Every other Cowboys forum out there is white. The Niche needed a blue one. Most of the users are on pads, and love the blue.

White background. Boring and hard on the eyes.

I would go with white as a base

So does most everyone else. It's a "me too" thing.

[HM666]

Originally Posted by Gio~Logist

There is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much blue going on. I would go with white as a base, with blue accents and headings for a more modern feel. This is just way too much blue.

From a design perspective, the fact that you're using so much blow and then have white text makes me eyes unable to go to one place. All your text is the same color, including links.. so there's no "call to action" that makes my mouse yet alone my eyes want to go to a certain area.

The header itself seems pixelated on the top left, all in all I would suggest going with a new Style to help capitalize on the user base and content (which seems pretty good).

No offense but its a Dallas Cowboys site blue is a standard color really so it really should have the colors it has.

[Gio~Logist]

I take no offense at all. What I mean is simply in terms of guiding the user's eyes.

Let me give you an example:
http://www.dallascowboys.com/

There's really not much white if you look at it, but take a look at the different shades of text.
- blue for links & titles
- light blueish / gray for subtext
- dark gray for content based text
All while still having lots of blue (both dark and light)

The difference here is that it has much more contrast and varied contrast on that. On this page, my eyes know what's important.

Again, if you take a glance at the site at the moment, your eyes have no choice but to go everywhere. Nothing is distinguished with importance or relevance in terms of color coordination. Subtitle color changes, bolding & generally styling can go a long way here.