I would prefer 'softer'colors (with a somewhat lower saturation), and a less prominant board margin
I don't like the colors in your example. I favor some variation on beige and olive, as these are the normal colors for tournament Chess boards. The coloring of the comments is based on beige and olive, though I substituted darkkhaki for olive, because olive was too light. Here's an alternative using the comment colors with wood for the border.
Too much of darkkhaki makes me feel queasy, though. Another alternative is the color scheme I used for Chess:
The dark squares may be a bit too loud while the light squares are too close to the background. Let's try bringing those colors closer together:
I don't like the colors in your example. I favor some variation on beige and olive, as these are the normal colors for tournament Chess boards. The coloring of the comments is based on beige and olive, though I substituted darkkhaki for olive, because olive was too light. Here's an alternative using the comment colors with wood for the border.
Too much of darkkhaki makes me feel queasy, though. Another alternative is the color scheme I used for Chess:
The dark squares may be a bit too loud while the light squares are too close to the background. Let's try bringing those colors closer together: