What he is basically saying... in lingo.. is that it's cheap and lamer-like to copy exact hex codes and "steal" ideas from other websites. The style of the faded bars might be popular, but it's pretty suspicious that right after TeamFreeLance gets popular, someone has a design with the same type of background...

I must agree, many of my websites have been based off a design I've seen before, but then I make it my own unique design... And I'll most definately change the colors.

This whole topic is a gray area IMO....