It looks black when you scroll down. If you scroll up to where the black spothces are, you can see the difference between Black/Gray.

Keep in mind that Otto did say this was the BETA version of the new Skin. I'm sure that once he finalizes it, some things will be different. I do agree with Peppy - i prefer the Avatars at the top of the posts, not the sides. Short posts look weird, especially with positioning of Signatures in relation to the Avatars.

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