Site Colours & Layout

[AusCoding Allan]

I'm finalising the colour scheme for a new site that I'm designing and am interested in people's opinion and results, what works better?

Black, Coloured, White Background?

Clean, Clear layout or very graphic typical porn landing page.

I'd love to hear what you guys think before I finalise the design.

Thanks.

Allan

[basschick]

there's no right answer. i sell twinks better on light colored pages - mostly blue. more macho guys sell better for me on black or dark blue. college guys sell better with a background pattern (go figure that out!)

studies show white pages sell better (bec was telling me that easier, and i've seen other references that agree). also i read that red is a big selling color for text, and for food items. most of us have heard that is why marlboro and coke are on white backgrounds with red logos.

but i sell better on black, dark blue, burgundy or red.

[AusCoding Allan]

Thanks basschick, I'll have to try a few different colours and see how I go.

Cheers.

Allan

[gaystoryman]

my two cents on colour is that as long as it matches.. i mean black background helps set off good crisp images in white or light colours but i hate black when the images are also in a dark setting.

personally I like a light colour to break up the strain... then either a lighter shade to offset it with dark text or such.

just my opinion though
Ian

[Bec]

I think you need to try a couple combinations ... I know that a lot of clients are wanting a cleaner, easy to read and navigate style now, and not the "cookie cutter" designs that have been so popular for the last few years. As basschick mentioned, it really depends on your niche as to what to use.