We've already began discussing the new logo.
In that discussion some of the answers including my own blurred into the topics of overall theme and colourscheme but I think it's cleaner to separate each. We can certainly mention and link to related points between the questions.
I started another topic about the overall theme / background / look.
This picture is already on the question about the logo but I might as well place my $.02 on colour. I think that the unbleached silk and pinkish bark colours appear calm and attractive, and still have a sort of Japanese tone to them.
As a general rule of thumb, I support light text on dark backgrounds. This is partially due to the fact that I get light-sensitive migraines and end up having to use CSS-hacking extensions like Stylish to ease the pain at the cost of covering up Stack interface widgets.
Red on white
Vote this up if you are in favour of red on white playing a big part in the future colourscheme.
Vote this down if you are against red on white as a major part of the colourscheme.
Comment on this answer about why you feel either way.
