I absolutely love the new logo. I like the grays in the center a lot and purple is my favorite color of all. I am distressed that you chose the one color I don't care much for to base all the rest of the site on. The brown is awful...and although some may suggest that it is chocolate, I would suggest another term not used in polite company. I think it would have been incredibly better to go with a scheme that featured the neutral grays. Perhaps choosing a pale gray background for the forum, with black lettering, and a charcoal gray background for the gallery with pale gray lettering. Then choosing the other colors in the logo for the smaller items. Just think how dignified and professional the grays would be! Failing that, it would be so much better to allow all members to choose their own colors for everything, and making new members choose before using the site. It distresses me to know that my art will be viewed by new members with this much too light background. It is washing out all of my colors. Tres

Fractals will always amaze me!