http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200608/light_text_on_dark_background_vs_readability/ http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200608/light_text_on_d... This

http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200608/light_text_on_dark_background_vs_readability/ http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200608/light_text_on_d... This or another post proposed the hypothesis low-contrast, small text etc may look better during the design stage. Remember, the designer is probably working with dummy "lorem ipsum" text. Low contrast will highlight the designers contributions (color scheme, placement of info) and [save him/her the pain of reading the dummy text :)].