[JC]

Originally Posted by sperry

I'm a little confused as to how changing things that were blue to dark red hurts people's eyeballs.

Blue is calming. It can be strong and steadfast or light and friendly. Almost everyone likes some shade of the color blue.

http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/color...ion/p/blue.htm

Red is hot. It's a strong color that conjures up a range of seemingly conflicting emotions from passionate love to violence and warfare.

http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/colorselection/p/red.htm

calm ----> violent. That's how.