Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5596770-20131110231601/@comment-15636815-20131218022121

Mike, that's great information. Thank you.

So then, it looks like the people in this thread are saying that changing the site's colour scheme is an idea worth investigating, and perhaps doing. The only drawback to these responses is that all of them are from frequent contributors. I have a roommate who does not play the game or use the Wiki, and he has contributed some valuable input. He's out of town on business right now, so I will ask his opinion when he returns later this week.

In the meantime, here is one idea:  The game uses many colours, so picking a background that creates a consistent feel may be challenging. One thing the game uses consistently and often is the background for preview images in the Shop. Specifically, I'm referring to the daytiime preview, which begins with white at the top, darkens to a light blue in the middle, then fades to grey at the bottom. The gradient effect can present problems for text, so we should pick one colour.

Therefore, this idea is to use the darkest colour in the middle, since that's the colour that stands out the most. The RGB code for that colour is (147, 204, 234), and the hex code is #93ccea. The colour is easy on the eyes, and black text provides very strong contrast. However, the proposed colours for the infoboxes may not provide enough contrast.

At any rate, this is just an idea. It's intended to help us think; it's not intended to be a final solution.