# Diagonal lines - what makes it good?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/diagonal-lines-what-makes-it-good/169380>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [November 15, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/diagonal-lines-what-makes-it-good/169380 "2005-11-15T21:40:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![tpspoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@tpspoons](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpspoons)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/diagonal-lines-what-makes-it-good/169380/1 "2005-11-15T21:40:29Z")

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hi.  
I keep seeing around the place diagonal lines used as backrounds for stuff like websites, sigs and so on. I was wondering if anyone had any idea why so many people use them? Or moreso what is it about them that makes them attractive? I thought that maybe if i could work this out maybe that would help me get ideas on how to create a similar effect.

any ideas?

thanks.

Edit: one example is [fadedpixel.com](http://fadedpixel.com)