№ 227. 24 beautiful wood colors for your backgrounds

If you take a look at a design showcse, you’ll notice that there definitely is a “wood trend” out there. And it’s been there for a couple of years now. Desks, tables, fences, wood walls, cork boards, blackboards, you name it. Actually this “wood trend” is a part of a wider trend, which one could call “figurative”, defining itself on “real” (i.e. non-virtual) coordinates and trying to evoke a familiar environment susceptible to give to the user a hint about website’s identity. I should write a post on the use of visual identifying metaphors (and other means of expression) within the visual discourse of this massive trend, but I’m quite hesitant to add it on my “to do list”; maybe the next weekend.
Wood is a coomon presence in our work or domestic environment; plus, it is a strong metaphor, displaying its meanings in a wide range of fields. Under these circumstances, there’s no wonder we find so many collections of wood textures and patterns. But if you don’t want to use a background image,for various reasons including bandwidth and loading speed, you can still use a background color evoking wood. Here’s a little collection: