Next Layout Colours Finalised.... Well Maybe

[Sonic 296]

I've been testing various colour schemes once again and I think I've come up with something. After much thought I've decided to go with new colours rather than make a new layout with current blue scheme. Anway here is test preview image......

 

 

As you can see the colour scheme is going to be purple based.

Keep in mind that the JPG image doesn't do it any justice, trust me, the colours look better in a browser.

 

Even though I said that these colours are Finalised it doesn't mean things won't change, I'm my own worst critic so you should expect changes or something different

 

So what are your thoughts? Could you live with these colours, are they to dark?

[Thierry 0]

They look nice, Sonic.

I didn't know that it needed changing though

[Gazdude 0]

ion the CNCNZ logo get rid of the cylinder ltype shadowing.. or make it less ''keen'' so to say.. it makes it look abit gay :roll:

[Thierry 0]

Does it? Well, whatever. Its up to Sonic. But its always nice to see a new logo.

[Sonic 296]

ion the CNCNZ logo get rid of the cylinder ltype shadowing.. or make it less ''keen'' so to say.. it makes it look abit gay :roll:

You mean the gradient inside the text? What do you mean by "less keen"?

[Gazdude 0]

Not as strong (sorry i used british word)

[Sonic 296]

Well its not the final logo. Its only a test to see the how the colours look. The thing is I want the text to have the metalic look and using a sliver gradient is the way to achieve this. It should look better when the text is larger.

[Koen 2]

If you save the file in PNG format, then the colors will be right. The file will be big though.

I can't really see the new colors, as on this monitor, almost everything becomes black. So I don't see any purple :shock: . Purple is a ... daring colour. It depends on the kind of purple, I can't really see it right now :?

[Sonic 296]

You should probably adjust the contrast and brightness of your monitor

[Gazdude 0]

Yeh my purples coming through nicely :wink:

 

My monitors top quaility though....

[Thierry 0]

Well, as long as it doesn't go pink its fine to me. Any other colours you've thought about?

[chickendippers 1]

Looks good, but the only way we'll be able to tell is when it goes into a layout.

[Sonic 296]

Well, as long as it doesn't go pink its fine to me. Any other colours you've thought about?

So you don't want to see some hot pink used in the next layout then :lol:

 

Seriously though, I've made real progress with the new layout. I've gone back to an older layout and re-used some ideas because I want bring back a feature I liked so much, more details on that later. The CNCNZ.com logo text you can see in the test image has been changed. I found a better a font and it comes up great

 

There will actually be many new logos, they will randomly change each time you visit or when you go to another page. Each C&C game released to date will represented in these new logos.

 

When it comes time to change the colours for the forums you will still have the option of using the current blue theme because I will be keeping it not replacing it.

[Thierry 0]

Yeah, then always at least one scheme :wink:

Ever thought about the C & C colour? The kinda dark Brown/Orange thingy?

[Gazdude 0]

You mean the dark gold colour?

 

Naa that would look gay... I think that you should use a mixture of dark blue and dark green.... the sort of army colours then it would look prestige and stay on the theme of war.....

[Thierry 0]

Right...

Wait a minute! You said that the Gold Colour was gay, so do you think that about my site to????

[Gazdude 0]

[Sonic 296]

I'm basically set with the new colours. I've been up all night making images and coding bits of the new layout. I may or may not post a preview....I really should wait until I finish it :wink:

[Thierry 0]

Well, we'll see it when you think its good for us to see. Right?

[Sonic 296]

Yeah when I feel its ready, which will probably be when its 100% done.

[Thierry 0]

Any idea when it will be ready?

[Sonic 296]

I don't want to set a date so it will be ready when its done. Who knows, you could the new look site by this weekend

[Thierry 0]

I'll find out soon enough then 8)

[Gazdude 0]

Next weekend is early enough for me........

[Thierry 0]

Ditto on that. We'll see when its ready...