Maybe the owners of The Washington Times were getting tired of their online look, maybe they were trying to play catch up to the Post, which underwent its own re-tooling a few months back — either way, a new, sharper looking Washington Times has made its online debut.

No longer is the site for the conservative paper — circulation 200,000 — a drab looking white and blue, but rather a much more dramatic red, black, and white (hence the paper’s new motto: “Brighter. Bolder.”).

No word yet on whether or not the paper’s strident conservative editorial leanings will similarly become brighter or bolder.