hey gang,

I am considering building myself a site that gives visual emphasis to images, illustrations and web examples and therefore wish to consider grey or black as its background colour, as well as restrained ancillarry information.

I find that, unless done well, grey sucks the energy out of colour, and black, although working extremely well in allowing strong contrast, sucks energy too, to an extent, and also runs the risk of looking a bit back room garage etc which is not a look I need to emulate (yes its relevant to some but not in this instance).

Are there any good examples out there that you can suggest treat this approach well?

Many thanks
G