25 Examples of Dark and Inspiring Web Designs
Last week we showcased here 25 Fresh Examples of Minimalist Web Designs, where most of the examples were based on light colors and a few colorful elements. This week on the other hand, we decided to gather a list of dark web designs to show that dark colors, if well mixed and matched, can result in inspiring and beautiful websites.
Work – Portfolio WordPress Theme
Mathieu Clauss
among the sleep
D.S. Higdon
Jan Ploch
PixFX
NOIR+
Scribble & Tweak
Bit Byte Bit
TEDxPortland
The Kennedys
Michael Freimuth
Surround
variousways
Kode Logic
Pierrick Calvez
Andreas Johansson
moresoda
DonQ
Peter Cain
appear
Riot
Ketch Studio
visualise.ca
Margot Tissot
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11 comments
Pragmatic Design
May 16, 2011Nice collection, thank you, although I wouldn’t describe Ketch Studio’s website as “dark”.
PJM
May 16, 2011Gisele
Great selection. Keep up the good work. I look forward to future lists.
Peter
If here was once there; where is there now??
Hannah @ DentShifter
May 16, 2011The Kennedys design is pretty awesome, I love the hand drawn elements. I agree with the above commenter, the Ketch Studio design is pretty vibrant actually!
Snoggle News
May 16, 2011Ooooo these are fan-diddly-tastic! I truly appreciate the great galleries these always keep me checking out the blog.
David Higdon
May 17, 2011Thanks for putting my site in the showcase. Much appreciated. Cheers.
Kim Phillips | Lucid Marketing
May 17, 2011Dark backgrounds are cool-looking but usually hard to read if there is much copy at all.
John Burk
May 17, 2011Gisele, nice collections of both light and dark site designs. I tend to prefer the bright, but see the need to go dark at times, too.
Tristar Web Design
May 18, 2011My favourite articles are design inspiration ones and this one has really helped me out. I always struggle with darker designs. I tend to find when you put colour against black it can make a website look cheap, but all the above look really professional. I like visualise, which is also a great example of responsive web design. I like the colours used in riot and Peter Cains portfolio site, which I’ve come across before. It is definitely worth taking a peep at.
LONO
May 18, 2011inspiring sites, i do love dark websites. Nice to see people keeping things simple too
Peter Cain
May 20, 2011Cheers for putting me on the list
Some really nice designs on there.
Moto CMS
June 6, 2011A dark background works really great for portfolios; it makes the visitors focus on the website content.