ok.. i have seen some really bad choices made by some admins with respect to colors..

i have seen hot pink, with EVEN more pink.. but as atrocious as that is, that is not as bad as

hot pink with lime green, or cyan, with yellow..

i have seen forums that were all red, but with blue or green small text..

I know how hard it is to pick and choose the right color combinations, and so, i use a program called, Visual Color Picker (<= click.) it is freeware, so you don't have to worry about time limits, or nag screens) it helps me a lot..

first i think about what color i want to use as the main color that is to be seen everywhere, and then i make the border color a few shades darker than the main color..

then i think about what color i want the links to be, and then once i made my choice,

then i'll know that i want the text to be a lighter shade of that color.. (for example, if i use navy for the links color, then i will use a lighter blue such as #4e51d8

but if i were to use a lighter color like chartreuse (although, if i were to use something similar to that color, i would make it a shade or two darker like #80CF00) for the links then i would opt for a darker shade of gray like #848484 for the text..

The program I mentioned earlier, helps me with that.. I'll already have an idea of the colors that i want to use, but that program, helps me to fine-tune those colors, so i can see what works, and what doesn't..

What are some bad color combos you've seen?

I've seen really faint colours like that faint Pink and a light grey that is illegible unless you highlight it.

Yellows bad as well,it's too bright.

And its so hard for me to see the word yellow. Also the lime green and cyan is too bright.

ok.. the point of this topic is to talk about the bad colors you've seen on other forums..

you are of course going to have trouble seeing the colors.. we are using a light skin..

Yeah, yellow is pretting anoying...

too many neon colors hurt. if I see them i avoid that part of the page as best I can.

but as for a bad color scheme i've seen- neon green with a bright blue ( I've seen this mainly seen in beginner comics rather than web pages but i guess it could happen)

Anything light sucks unless on a black background... then on a dark background dark colours suck but light colours rock... Simple?

Very simple.