[pessimism]

I just think the chosen background colour is a little too dark. Something about the colour (#F5F5F5?) is off to me.

[cutie]

Oh, well, that's very close to white. 96% white as a matter of fact, after checking in gimp. It needs to be at least a few percent to be noticeable as different by they eye.

Perhaps you should up the brightness on your monitor?