You could do something like a grey and maroon which would still allow you to do the dreary look without being completely doom and gloom.

There are a lot of sites out there that allow you to experiment with color schemes -- do a google for web color schemes.

I like this one...

http://www.visibone.com/colorlab/

Just mt 2 cents.

Gary D

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