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off-topic: the red background seriously hurts my eyes

adamlj 13y ago
Great offer I guess but I seriously had to shut down the page after looking at it for 30s..
jcc80 13y ago
Agreed - it was painful but worth the time to change background to teal w/ StyleBot Chrome extension. Really like how this is all laid out and the term sheet is right there at the bottom.
jber 13y ago
Thanks for your feedback. Better now?
- rpedela 13y ago
  The darker red is definitely better, but generally red is a bad color to use excessively. Plenty of studies have shown that red can invoke the fight or flight response and increase stress.
  - loceng 13y ago
    Maybe that's what they're going for. :P
    - jber 13y ago
      Not at all ;-) What color do you suggest ? ;-)
      - johnnyo 13y ago
        Even the new red is painful on my eyes. I navigated away before I finished reading, and when coming back here, it still created an afterimage on my retina. I recommend a much more muted background, especially for the textual portion of the site. Run red banners down the side if you must, but change the text section to a more readable contrast.
      - jacalata 13y ago
        Don't have the whole page one background color - use it as either side panels as suggested below, or as a focal element like this: http://imgur.com/hwsUhKI http://imgur.com/hwsUhKI
      - web007 13y ago
        More of a neutral background would be a good start, something like the Kima Ventures site where white-on-red is used as a bold title versus the whole page text. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/28/color-theory-for-designers-part-1-the-meaning-of-color/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/28/color-theory-for-... is the knockoff answer, but you should get the input of an actual designer - I've used yellow-on-red AND the <blink> tag before, both at the same time.
- valvoja 13y ago
  New red is much better. Red wine instead of ketchup.
- danielharan 13y ago
  Still difficult for me to read.
- zhuzhuor 13y ago
  Thanks. It's much better for me now

Great offer I guess but I seriously had to shut down the page after looking at it for 30s..

jcc80 13y ago

Agreed - it was painful but worth the time to change background to teal w/ StyleBot Chrome extension. Really like how this is all laid out and the term sheet is right there at the bottom.

jber 13y ago

Thanks for your feedback. Better now?

rpedela 13y ago
The darker red is definitely better, but generally red is a bad color to use excessively. Plenty of studies have shown that red can invoke the fight or flight response and increase stress.
- loceng 13y ago
  Maybe that's what they're going for. :P
  - jber 13y ago
    Not at all ;-) What color do you suggest ? ;-)
    - johnnyo 13y ago
      Even the new red is painful on my eyes. I navigated away before I finished reading, and when coming back here, it still created an afterimage on my retina. I recommend a much more muted background, especially for the textual portion of the site. Run red banners down the side if you must, but change the text section to a more readable contrast.
    - jacalata 13y ago
      Don't have the whole page one background color - use it as either side panels as suggested below, or as a focal element like this: http://imgur.com/hwsUhKI http://imgur.com/hwsUhKI
    - web007 13y ago
      More of a neutral background would be a good start, something like the Kima Ventures site where white-on-red is used as a bold title versus the whole page text. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/28/color-theory-for-designers-part-1-the-meaning-of-color/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/28/color-theory-for-... is the knockoff answer, but you should get the input of an actual designer - I've used yellow-on-red AND the <blink> tag before, both at the same time.
valvoja 13y ago
New red is much better. Red wine instead of ketchup.
danielharan 13y ago
Still difficult for me to read.
zhuzhuor 13y ago
Thanks. It's much better for me now