Referring to the image examples above i guess i know now what it is that disturbs me. The white bg colour is redirecting my view to the white again and again. I have difficulties to focus on the image itself. It is like a sort of undesired framework.... Funny and strange because obviously a real time expo with framed pics on a white wall (the pics even with a white passepartout) doesnt hurt at all. Well in any case this discussion is useful for me (and for others i guess) because i never thought about this topic before. The question about presentation of artwork in a gallery and on the screen. Coming back to Rero....a darker grey should be better than white but i still prefer black for the gallery background. Be aware i am only talking about the gallery pages here ! It may be different for the forum pages....

I really have decent difficulties with a light background. For example i cannot read a text on a white bg on the screen. It hurts my eyes. Furthermore i think that images (and its colours for sure) seems to appear more brilliant and clear on a dark bg (on my website all images are on a dark background) ... When i fall upon a website which is too bright i tend to go away very quickly - automatically and without thinking about. So it would be great to keep at least the possibility for everybody to choose...