POLL: Should V7 be dark-on-white or light-on-black?

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Would you prefer V7 to have a light or dark background?

Poll ended at April 6th, 2018, 6:12 pm

Light/white background (or even a light, faint color)
6
40%
Dark/black background (or even a dark, muted color)
7
47%
Neutral (meaning YOU'RE neutral, not the colors)
2
13%
 
Total votes: 15
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POLL: Should V7 be dark-on-white or light-on-black?

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In my quest to come up with the best design for Xylot Themes V7, I have been operating under the assumption that the new site would have a dark background with light text and elements (buttons, etc.) over it.

But now I'm starting to question that, especially since a large majority of designs, templates, widgets, and so forth are dark-on-light (dark text and elements over a light/white background).

Here is an example of dark-on-light that might fit V7, with a few changes (colors, layout, images, etc.): https://colorlib.com/demo?theme=listing

Here is an example of light-on-dark that might fit V7 (my current styleguide for experimentation): http://v7.xylotthemes.com/styleguide/

So...what do you think?
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Dark background please & thank you Sir Richard.
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I'll go with the light one.
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ItalianoFBI wrote: March 10th, 2018, 5:28 pm Dark background please & thank you Sir Richard.
I voted for the dark background too.
Richard, Would it be possible to have both options on the site?
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Post by TerranRich »

Yes, eventually, Eddie. However, when designing the site, planning the layout, etc. it's best to have just one color scheme to work with initially.

I'm leaning toward dark background, too, but I wanted to make sure people didn't prefer a light background. So far, light background is winning though... :o
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TerranRich wrote: March 11th, 2018, 3:14 pm I'm leaning toward dark background, too, but I wanted to make sure people didn't prefer a light background. So far, light background is winning though... :o
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Post by Jim »

I prefer the second option (light-on-dark).
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