Shortie861
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Finding the right kind of theme with the right kind of colours on a forum can sometimes be a struggle. You never want to go to bright or too dark but you also want something that will work well with the niche of your forum.
I always find that it depends on the genre of the forum, say if you are running a gaming forum, something dark but not too dark will work well but then say for a support forum or even a basic general chat forum sometimes a lighter theme could work but not overly light. It's about getting the balance of the colour's right. Anything too dark or too bright or even colours that clash never work and just end up putting people off.
What are your thoughts? Do you feel colours matter on a forum? If so what colour do you tend to go for and what colour do you avoid?
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Beverly
As for what you said about gaming communities, I have seen so many dark themes. It's just really overdone at this point. I like gamer forums but would prefer to be on one that I can read without getting eye cramps. When I owned a forum, I had a very dark crimson red theme to start with and it was a little too dark, especially for a general chat forum. At some point, I found a really cool orange/lemon citrus forum theme that I used for several years. I really liked my forum theme as it didn't feature the white background on the forum posts - more of the yellowish color there with nice complementing colors for accent/trim. And, yes I do believe it helps to have an eye appealing color scheme and even header image for your forum. After all, a uesr might consider your forum to be a second home. And, for that reason, you'll want it to look good. If your forum is an eye sore, you are likely to have few members and the ones who stay won't be there for long. Then again, Reddit looks just horrible in terms of visual appeal but has the most dedicated community. So maybe it just depends on whether or not your content is good to read as to whether or not you have a loyal membership base for your community, rather than whatever theme/color you are using. As for what you said about gaming communities, I have seen so many dark themes. It's just really overdone at this point. I like gamer forums but would prefer to be on one that I can read without getting eye cramps.
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