30 Dark and Inspiring Web Designs
Almost a year ago we featured a showcase with 50 Inspiring Dark Web Designs and today we decided to gather a new list of dark websites to inspire you. It’s always nice to remember that a dark layout also has it’s beauty, specially when everybody is talking about clean white web designs. So check out some examples of inspiring dark websites and start thinking about giving dark colors a try.
Tom Pain
Pierrick Calvez
Fill Studio
This Shell
FreeAssociation
Pixillion
Launchlist
Hungarian Wines
Bread & Pepper
Andrew McClintock
Troyca
Pointless Corp
TocToc
Cuban Council
We are Fixel
Haunted Cathouse
East Village Eatery
Tuscarora Tackle
Night Owl Interactive
Sarah Longnecker
Jan Kovacs
Pop the Box
Suplicy Cafes
Epic
ch3mical
Bluezoom
simó
malikafavre
code23
Mr. Booth
Source:
The Best Designs
The CSS Awards
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16 comments
Adam
February 7, 2011Very nice list, great inspiration!
adechriz
February 7, 2011really inspiring
help me get some inspiration to my next project..
thankyou..
John Rode
February 7, 2011Agree! We’re a proponent and a practitioner. Blacks and dark gray can be an elegant way to stand apart from the crowd. And when you do use a bright color it’s like a ‘subtle pop’.
- John
Fredrik
February 8, 2011Fill Studios site as darn awesome!
Michael King
February 8, 2011These are nice and some are stunning, but I still find it hard going to use, as distinct from view, these dark background sites. The contrasts for text run from too hot to almost indistinct.
Andrew Conn
February 8, 2011The Tom Pain slide out is pretty sweet.
Also… shameless self promotion… I have a dark site too!
raybak
February 9, 2011thats a great showcase of dark website designs.
Chandni Patel
February 9, 2011Love these examples of dark web page designs, especially the textures and shadows which are used to make the designs much more interesting.
I think dark web designs are great if your going for a dramastic yet sleek approach, and agreeing with John using a touch of colour definitely gives that “subtle pop”.
Kevin
February 9, 2011A really great list. I really like the Pointless Corp design =)
Chris Amling
February 9, 2011A wonderful collection of light challenged designs. I really like the Pointless Corp website. Maybe its just their logo, something about a bear on a bicycle. Thanks for putting them up. ~ Chris
James
February 10, 2011This goes to show that dark websites look great when designed properly. I really like the background of the East Village Eatery, and its something that is easy to create. I will definitely use these as an inspiration towards dark websites.
Greg
February 13, 2011Some great examples but im not sure if I would class all of them as dark web designs. Haunted cat house isn’t strictly speaking dark
Angelee
February 14, 2011The Night Owl Interactive got my attention! Black goes nicely with other different colors in one page, as it makes the colored image, fonts, etc stand out.
asonny
February 16, 2011dark site design really rocks! i love the grungy effect done on tompain’s site.
Jeff Wagner
February 16, 2011Sure do like me some dark website designs. Lots of great examples in this post; Night Owl, Launchlist and Free Association were my favorites. Nicely done everyone!
bilgin
February 7, 2012tasteful list. gr8 thx