Adsense Update Email about default color palette

[dshah]

Just fyi for you guys

Hello,

We're writing to let you know about a coming change to the
appearance of your Google ads. Your ads currently display the
default Google color palette, Seaside (formerly known as Mother
Earth). In the near future, we plan to update the default palette to
Open Air, a new palette containing the same set of colors, but
without the blue border. We've found that many publishers prefer
the cleaner look of this palette and have also seen that a
blended color palette performs better for them -- attracting user
interest while still maintaining the distinction between ads and
content with the 'Ads by Google' label.

Please note that this change will only affect your ad units where your
ad code does not specify colors.* For all other units, your color
selections will be retained.

[GADOOD]

Interesting. Does this mean they are defaulting to 'no bordors' for new AdSense publishers?

That will earn Google millions more I'm sure.

Pete

[Eric Giguere]

Yup, makes me wonder if Google revenues are flat for this quarter. A LOT of publishers still use the default colors, despite all the tips telling them to blend them in...

[VISTREL]

If anyone has problems choosing the right colors for your adsense block I suggest using this tool - http://www.colorschemer.com/studio_info.php