That would be the absolute extreme of minimalism, yes. But it's a never-ending rabbit hole. I don't really need a website, either. So the absolute extreme minimalist website is one that doesn't exist.

To me, colors are important. I'm a visual artist. The minimal amount of colors to me is an additional two to your two. It's not arbitrary, I didn't just go crazy with colors, I settled on exactly four because I couldn't reduce it to three.

> So the absolute extreme minimalist website is one that doesn't exist.

This is a fundamental misunderstanding of what minimalistic design means.

If you've identified that you need a website, minimalism would be paring that down to the core essentials and ensuring it has everything it needs, but nothing more, to suit its purpose.

That's exactly what I've done.

Why does it need a background image?

Because the artist requires it.

Websites exist to serve content. The author of this page demanded it have a background image.

Here's another page that doesn't:

https://hypertele.fi/b40bfc44ff8a22df

That subtle background gradient is lovely. I like how it adds a frame to the text without distracting from it. It evokes the right vibe, I think.

That's a design element that serves the functionality well and doesn't feel superfluous at all. But the image on the colophon page I'm less excited about. It gets in the way and feels unnecessary.