I guess it goes back to the old days when I used to use WordPerfect all of the time. The default color scheme was white lettering on a blue background and I always felt it was soothing to my eyes. I guess everyone's eyes are going to respond differently to colors. Some people don't like stark black on white pages either because the contrast is too great. I guess if I wanted to get fancy I would try to work up a user selectable color scheme. Maybe I'll have that kind of time in my next life....
If I get a LOT of comments about the color scheme not working for most people viewing it, then I'll change it. But I doubt I could find ONE that will be pleasing to everyone. I try to use what pleases ME first, then go from there as needs dictate.
Even though, yes, this is my site, I try not to flaunt it and be overbrearing with what I do with it. Just because something might sound reasonable to me, I'm willing to believe that might not be the case with everyone. I needed to get rid of that message board I had on my SerpenCo site because a certain someone was beginning to post inappropriate messages there and it was a real bear deleting them. I had to copy the entire file down from my server, edit the file, then copy it back up to the server. This format is MUCH easier to maintain. But I have to pay for each license for this message board, and can't see the reason to pay for another one when in many instances it will be a subset of what is posted here. It would be much more logical to just insert my own forum. At least I think so.
You all do realize, I think, that I put up this message board to try to take the pressure off of me from all of the questions I get via email. I just can't possibly keep up with the volume I get every day and get anything else done. So I hoped that having this outlet where other people can pitch in to help answer questions that I can't get to will help out everyone. Again, that's another supposedly *reasonable* assumption on my part. Heck, I have a FAQ page I started over a year ago and have never had time to complete.