Thank-you, and a fair point. I just thought that in the pic without the border (I have both versions saved now), the orangey colours (you'll have to excuse me, I'm colourblind to a degree) seemed even brighter when they were right up against the forum colours.
I can see that the border defines the Oranges etc. though, so IMO both versions have their qualities. One thing's for sure though - there's plenty more quality TVR avatars where that one came from...
I may have just the pic to start with (love the back of the C6 'Vette):