he4rty: hmm... i first didn't like the second one at all, but after a few looks i thought it was okay. i like the first one a lot better, though. the design builds a lot on the bold colour combination, and that combo needs the black to work. the new colours may go well together without the black but they lack they visual kick and bite of the first set of colours and that makes the design weaker - in my opinion, that is.