Is there any chance we might have some other less lurid colours for highlighting please?

[Rooners]

I keep swapping between the pink and the green and while I don't wish to be rude or derogatory, I really find the colour options on offer are a bit lacking shall we say.

The only nice one is forest green but it is very dark.

Could we maybe have some more neutral ones? Beige or pale blue or you know, just not pink or green? We need at least two nice ones so I can highlight the OP and my own posts.

Very grateful if you might consider this.

[PatoBanton]

I can feel the sincerity in your post Billy.

(it is me btw, I had a sudden urge to name change)

[BeetleBugBaby]

Beardy never had the plot to begin with!! :o

[SillyBeardyDaddyman]

True, true...

[SoupDragon]

I think 2001 A Space Odyssey had a similar plot actually.

[OneStepCloser]

I find the white background a little boring, I like colour it's good for the soul. AIBU should be pink definitely, it would some people down in there.

[BillyBanter]

You're not sludgy green any longer.

[OneStepCloser]

I've changed my posts to silver, but it's not silver it's dark grey

[SPsTwerkingNineToFive]

It will be tickers next!

"4 hours til I open the wine"

"6 hours of benign neglect to go"

[SillyBeardyDaddyman]

That's false advertising!

[Trills]

I agree with Rusty - I think they are quite gentle colours - not lurid at all. Do you just have a strange screen?

[PatoBanton]

Not as far as I know. Perhaps lurid was the wrong word?

hmm

I think in terms of its later meaning it is incorrect, but in the original etymology it is about right.

[BillyBanter]

Well come back to me in the 17th century and then I'll listen!

[Trills]

How odd, and interesting

lurid
Pronunciation: /?l(j)??r?d/
adjective
unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect:

So it has always meant an unpleasant colour, but the way in which it is unpleasant has changed.

[FruOla]

Rooners, I started a thread asking for more colours two years ago (different NN).

MNHQ said they'd think about it .............. nothing happened

[PatoBanton]

Oh Fru I thought someone had already. So it was you! Well I hope they see this and say something, this time.

[FruOla]

Oh, I wasn't trying to make a oneupmanship comment

I'm delighted that someone else has asked the same question

[PatoBanton]

No no it didn't even cross my mind

I am glad it isn't just me who wants it to happen! And I knew it had been mentioned a whlie back but couldn't remember who by so hoped I hadn't trodden on any toes.

[AmyMumsnet]

We're envisioning marshmallow whisper or DH musk for the new colour scheme. Maybe we should get some mood boards going.

[PatoBanton]

Are you serious Amy?

[AmyMumsnet]

Sadly no, although we would love to see what DH musk would look like!

Changes like these can be quite a bit of extra work for our poor tech team, so we would probably only do them if there was really high demand for it.

[PatoBanton]

Ok. Thanks though - will see if I can drum up a bit more enthusiasm!