Very verdant: Even more green

Before and after

The champagne color just wasn’t working for me any more. Green is my color and I didn’t have enough of it on the page. I broke free from my “no borders” approach, leaning on colorful green borders to lend some fun to the light mode, without making the backgrounds awkward.

Before (Light #1)

After (Light #1)

Dark mode looked… bad before. I should’ve remembered one of my old designs had a nice dark, desaturated green background. Going green with the text didn’t really look good on the gray background, but white text on the dark green looks great, I think. If you like green websites, definitely check out Illuminesce.

Before (Dark #1)

After (Dark #1)

Page middle

There is so much champagne on screen! It’s cute, but it’s not me. Bring the green!

Before (Light #2)

After (Light #2)

The dark gray is certainly less divisive than champagne, but it doesn’t have any of my style at all. Infusing the page with a dark green background made me really like the dark theme again.

Before (Dark #2)

After (Dark #2)

Page bottom

This was the worst spot for me. Green is drowned out by so many other colors. It’s all green now! Also, I think the borders make the areas of interest a bit more obvious on the page anyways.

Before (Light #3)

After (Light #3)

Before (Dark #3)

After (Dark #3)

The new font

I posted about this on social media, but I discovered Montserrate Alternates shortly after announcing my rebrand. Its incredibly round letters fit my new circular style well. I enjoy that the uppercase letters look a lot like lowercase letters, which gives it a friendly vibe.

What’s next?

My Firefox theme is nearly complete, though I never release those publicly anyway. I’m using my new Visual Studio Code theme right now, and plan to release that in the coming weeks. The fresh green is making me smile right now.

WIP version of my VS Code theme