Normally I would go with blue. I don't care for orange too much, but I must say the orange color on the site is more consistent. If your going with a shade you should stick with the exact same color. There is a way to do that in Photoshop with the eyedropper. The orange stays the same with a gradient added in "Debate". The blue throughout the site is not the same, therefore lacks consistency. The blue over there in the debate stats and and arguement tags is not an attractive color. So no to the blue! blah, blah, blah....

Orange is because it is much more vibrant and just kind of pops out at you to look at wherever the color is. It draws the eye much more than the blue.

C'mon guys, this is self-evident: blue is cool, while orange is hot. Basic color theory.

It is scientifically proven that blue is the most sensitive color to a human eye. Also, blue is cool while orange is hot. :D

I am so tired of orange. It is one of my least favorite colors. .. with psydonem like redawn you can guess I see plenty of orange everyday.

I am finding to be overused out there in the net/graphic business.

I don't understand it. Everybody wants to look the same. With the fairly vast potential the web/computer graphics gives us that people continually go for orange with a drop shadow or glass effect makes me sad.

Nothing over here so here is where I begin. It's not one or the other...it's both. Especially on the Black Background it's on....even on white it's both.