<div>>Earth tones can work wondefully towards communicating 'earthy' ideals<br>>when implemented in the design structure.  That said, when you fail to<br>>apply those notions, or worse -- as Ubuntu does -- use 'brown' just for <br>>'browns' sake, you end up in a mire of mediocre design.<br> </div> <div>Ok, good point. But you don't have to screw up that earthy design when you seek different colors. For example, look at these stones in the commercial for the Motorola Pebble (here's a small image <a href="http://www.randomculture.com/random_culture/images/peblpond.jpg"> http://www.randomculture.com/random_culture/images/peblpond.jpg</a>) You can see the grey and the deep sea green giving you this raw violence of nature. It is earty in my opinion. No one has ever done that before.</div> <div> </div> <div>Vincent</div>